Not enough information. It largely depends on the product, the team, and even soft skills or domain knowledge. In some contexts, yes having knowledge of compil

Not enough information. It largely depends on the product, the team, and even soft skills or domain knowledge. In some contexts, yes having knowledge of compiled or non-GC languages is critical. But there is a certain baseline of programming knowledge that allows any dev to be decently productive; for many products & teams, soft skills become more important after that point. For example: if the interpreted lang dev is great at communicating and the compiled dev is terrible, some teams may elect to choose the first for that reason alone.