>It's shocking how everybody acts like senior engineers might need months to learn a new language. It's true for some languages, like C++, some might wrongly e

>It's shocking how everybody acts like senior engineers might need months to learn a new language. It's true for some languages, like C++, some might wrongly extrapolate from that. I agree with your general point though. If your senior engs can't learn Python/Ruby/F# etc in a few days to a level where they can contribute, you might want to ask yourself what senior means in your org.