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“Stackoverflow data + programmer interviews are garbage, but here’s my personal anecdotal experience that’s valid”
by Ar-Curunir 5y ago
“Stackoverflow data + programmer interviews are garbage, but here’s my personal anecdotal experience that’s valid”
- xxs 5y agoI have talked and worked with a lot developers thoughout quite a lot of years. Yet, I have never heard anyone complaining how learning a new language was hard - toolchain being inconvenient, framework being not well maintained and the like: very common. stackoverflow largely consist of entry level material. I have had my fair share (100+) of interviewing developers too - hired people w/o any experience in a specific language and they have been productive in a short time frame - learning the environment and the business domain has always been the slow, laborious process, not switching to a different language (again - never had to use purely functional language for real - SQL doesn't count) It was mentioned the "idiomatic use" - that's trivially caught in a code review/pair programming - you see it once, remember/understand and move on.