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I totally agree with you, when it comes to my own personal projects. (In fact, the number of languages I have relatively seriously dabbled in is getting to the
by danielbarla 6y ago
I totally agree with you, when it comes to my own personal projects. (In fact, the number of languages I have relatively seriously dabbled in is getting to the point that it's best to leave off a CV, lest one comes off as a jack-of-all-trades or something.)
But for companies, it's pretty hard to put together 3-4 teams of developers in some esoteric language. And to find developers for it many years down the line for maintenance. So, they understandably stick to mainstream stuff, even if there are significant inherent advantages to something off the beaten bush.
- mumblemumble 6y agoMy sense is that that is unnecessarily self-inflicted. Companies' focus on hiring people who already know the language they use is penny wise and pound foolish. Even if a new developer is a complete novice at a language, I would still expect that to be less effort than learning the business domain, getting to know the codebase, and socially integrating oneself with the team.