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If they had to relearn their craft because they changed tools, they weren't very skilled to start with. You've drawn the wrong conclusion here. And yes, I hopp
by valdiorn 4y ago
If they had to relearn their craft because they changed tools, they weren't very skilled to start with. You've drawn the wrong conclusion here.
And yes, I hopped off the .net train after 15 years of using c# and took a job writing python, and some JavaScript. I had done JavaScript before, using jQuery. Now I had to learn react. And they used MongiDB as the primary data platform. I had spent the last decade working with SQL.
And it was fine, because my skill isn't tied to a single tool.
- arka2147483647 4y agoThis is really naive about how much of effective programming is about knowing the frameworks, libraries, corner cases, idiom, etc of each language. Sure, you can write-in-C in all languages, as the saying goes. But to be a professional, and to paid as a professional, requires a lot more.