Learn more programming languages, even if you won't use them

Post by mcguire » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:34 PM UTC

zcw100 wrote: post #23

orangeshark wrote: post #18

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>When exactly are we supposed to be learning all these languages? Some argue that as a professional, you should be spending time outside of work learning to improve your career. You can't expect your employer to give you time to learn. I find it can be difficult though, especially when you want to spend your time outside of work on other things like family and hobbies.

I didn’t say you shouldn’t spend personal time on those things but you should expect to be compensated one way or another for it. It’s interesting how people in IT separate their skills from their compensation. If my lawyer or doctor is working weekends I guarantee one way or another they are making damn sure they’re getting compensated for it.

Post by snazz » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:37 PM UTC

YjSe2GMQ wrote: post #78

gilbetron wrote: post #30

At this point I have almost 20 languages that I've used for at least two years, which is what I consider an decent bar for "knowing" a language. The problem I now have is that I don't know if I'll ever be able to master any language anymore. Mmmmaybe C, since I've used that fairly consistently, albeit on-and-off for 25 years. But whenever I get to an "if" or "for" or function declaration, I often have to look at an e…

Perhaps try learning sufficiently different languages? For me it's hard to make cross-language mistakes except within the {} groups: C, {all kinds of assembly}, {C++, Java, C#}, {Python, Ruby}, {Haskell, OCaml}, Prolog, {VHDL, Verilog}

Post by preordained » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:40 PM UTC

gitgud wrote: post #41

JavaScript is one of the must learn programming languages. Server side code, client-side web app code, npm links it all together... Well it seems cliche' but also true...

Post by mcguire » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:41 PM UTC

rmrfrmrf wrote: post #22

orangeshark wrote: post #18

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>When exactly are we supposed to be learning all these languages? Some argue that as a professional, you should be spending time outside of work learning to improve your career. You can't expect your employer to give you time to learn. I find it can be difficult though, especially when you want to spend your time outside of work on other things like family and hobbies.

I absolutely expect my employer to give me paid time to learn, and only work for those that do.

Post by marcosdumay » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:41 PM UTC

gnclmorais wrote: post #66

dajohnson89 wrote: post #34

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I'm this way with foreign languages: Spanish and french. I know french very well, and learning/speaking Spanish is significantly harder because I'm always using french words by mistake. sure it'll get better with practice, but interlingual dyslexia is real.

Interesting, I feel like I have the opposite issue. Coming from Portuguese, learning Spanish was a breeze and I can usually surprise French speaking people with “hard” words in my basic French sentences — just because I reached out to a Portuguese word and “frenchyfied” it.