Then I would probably be writing HN posts claiming that languages with advanced type systems and functional programming are too hard and impractical, and that t

Then I would probably be writing HN posts claiming that languages with advanced type systems and functional programming are too hard and impractical, and that they are trying to be clever and cool for no reason. But, partly thanks to that course, I'm able to pick up any paradigm, and my opinion on what's better is informed by knowledge of both things. I'm also able to structure imperative code better than my "imperative only" colleagues.