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Re:The Python Paradox Is Now the Scala Paradox (2009) by acjohnson55 on Saturday September 17, 2016 @11:16AM (#12520813)
I agree with you on people who are constantly chasing the ball, but I also think that's a false dichotomy. To me, if there's someone who can demonstrate a deep understanding of the features that lend merit to newfangled tech, _and_ they have a track record of delivering well architected, appropriately engineered products, that's a win all around.

It's pretty easy to find people who use "boring tech" and still fall prey to the hazards of overengineering, slow delivery, etc.

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Re:The Python Paradox Is Now the Scala Paradox (2009) by cortesoft on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:14PM (#12522232)
Yeah, I think my generalization is probably as unfair as the authors. I think I was mainly trying to provide a counterpoint to the idea that those programmers were better. In reality, trying new tech is probably not strongly correlated to programming skill in either direction.
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