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Windows developers have a bad reputation for being fixated on one or two programming languages and tools at the expense of learning other platforms. Can't say I
by jwwest 15y ago
Windows developers have a bad reputation for being fixated on one or two programming languages and tools at the expense of learning other platforms. Can't say I would feel sorry for them if any of this were to be true.
There's something to be said about breadth versus depth.
- ern 15y agoWindows developers have a bad reputation for being fixated on one or two programming languages and tools at the expense of learning other platforms. Can't say I would feel sorry for them if any of this were to be true. This is an unfortunate, and valid criticism. I've worked with senior C# and VB developers who hadn't encountered the concept of an (OO) interface, but they got along just fine with their day-to-day jobs, copy-pasting. However, I do feel sympathy for them - they were so insulated from the wider programming and CS communities, that they didn't even realize there were other things happening in the wider dev world. Their fault was one of ignorance, not arrogance (and of believing everything Microsoft told them at the developer events they attended).