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Re:Mastering Programming: An Outline by tobltobs on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @11:59PM (#11859900)
> They try most fringe/new technology, ...

I would have thought that in area like IT where everything gets reinvented every decade (or less) a master programmer wouldn't have to look at the details to assess a "new" technology.

Re:Mastering Programming: An Outline by tomc1985 on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @01:15AM (#11860183)
Agreed; too much commitment.

I hate 'trying everything' because I never feel good at anything, and more often than not "new technologies" in this scene are just someone else's old ideas, rehashed and made more complicated. Mastery requires focus.

Re:Mastering Programming: An Outline by vessenes on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @01:11AM (#11860170)
I'm no master, but I am middle aged. I like to learn at least one new technology a year; I always learn something from working hands on that I might not have understood just from ideating about it.