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Is it really that hard to switch platforms/languages? Learning a new language should not be so difficult, particularly once you've become familiar with a few.
by grey-area 13y ago
Is it really that hard to switch platforms/languages? Learning a new language should not be so difficult, particularly once you've become familiar with a few.
There are so many factors influencing language and API popularity that it's silly to try to bet it all on one language/platform or vendor at any time in your life. Why not just enjoy the ones you use, and when they are no longer of use (for whatever political, technical or personal reasons), switch to something else?
- vinceguidry 13y agoIn all fairness, if you don't anticipate a switch many years before you have to make it, you could get caught flat-footed. I personally have taken jobs where I didn't have any primary experience in the platform, but it was for, essentially, pocket change. I would hate to get dependent on a six-figure income predicated on knowing, say, enterprise Java, then suddenly find that nobody's hiring enterprise Java guys anymore and having to take a huge pay cut. Sure I could find a job. That doesn't mean it won't suck.