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The idea that "it doesn't really matter" is interesting to me. That's what I understood when starting out; years later I'm still writing the same language(s) be
by pcthrowaway 5y ago
The idea that "it doesn't really matter" is interesting to me. That's what I understood when starting out; years later I'm still writing the same language(s) because at a certain point you'd be (possibly) taking a paycut to switch to a role where you're learning a new language.
- BossingAround 5y agoTrue, but sooner or later, most of us will have to learn a new language regardless of the starting one. For example, I started out with Java, and was very quickly forced to become operational with the web stack (i.e. HTML + css + JS and the various frameworks, like Node, React, and Redux), Golang, and Python. The idea is that the language is just an implementation detail. That's why I commonly see recommendations for [1] - every time you learn a new language, you learn a concept that you can apply in a different language which uses the concept, so the more languages you learn, the easier it becomes (just like learning human languages, interestingly enough). [1] https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks/ https://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-...