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If you pigeonhole yourself as a Python Programmer or a PHP Programmer or a Ruby Programmer you've failed as a programmer. A programmer programs. You should hav
by astrodust 12y ago
If you pigeonhole yourself as a Python Programmer or a PHP Programmer or a Ruby Programmer you've failed as a programmer.
A programmer programs. You should have the confidence to pick the right tools for the job and, if necessary, learn a new language if that's the right thing to do.
Likewise, you should have the confidence in your team regardless of their gender or language background. A good programmer is a good programmer. Period.
- g42gregory 12y agoI second that as well. Strong programming skills transfer across languages and the more different languages you know, the stronger programmer you will be in all of them. Also, different programming paradigms are emphasized in different languages (functional, OOP, declarative, imperative are the simplest examples...). Knowing these different languages will expose you to these different paradigms and that's very valuable, I think.