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Yes, my statements might be superficial, but since when is Android a programming language? How many developers with 9 years experience with RoR or Ruby can you
by tudorconstantin 12y ago
Yes, my statements might be superficial, but since when is Android a programming language? How many developers with 9 years experience with RoR or Ruby can you think of, besides David Heinemeier Hansson and Yukihiro Matsumoto?
- djur 12y agoI know several, including myself. But total experience is more relevant than experience with a particular language or technology, unless you're using the standards of the corporate HR department. Android isn't a language but it's the kind of heavily specialized environment that developers will put on their resume and companies will hire for.
- V-2 12y agoOkay, Android is not a programming language, but you also didn't limit yourself to programming languages as such - Rails is just, to quote your words, "the framework that made Ruby popular" (whereas Ruby itself is nearly 20 years old). Indeed, there is no reason to assume that RoR developers who have been in the business for >=9 years were Ruby devs since the day Rails was released, but I can't see how it is any different in case of Perl. I just accepted your logic (which I believe to be flawed) for the sake of argument. Don't get me wrong, I found your article interesting and I like when people go against the tide of hype, speaking for (currently) underappreciated technologies. I just think you used some exaggerated rhetorics.