Re:Ask HN: Absolute noob here, what programming language to ...
by muzani on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @03:09AM
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So far all the jobs I took, it was not knowing the language and picking it up on the job. First job: PHP, Yii, Java, Android (I had a C/C++ EE background). Second job: cobbling together the whole back end. Third: JavaScript/Node. Fourth: Angular. Fifth: Cordova.
I actually crammed C# for two weeks for another job, but didn't get that one. In most of these jobs, it took about 1-3 days to start writing useful code.
I guess you could come in with 5 years of experience in something, but if they like you enough, you'll figure it out. Skill in a language or architecture also doesn't mean you have skill with the code itself. Like a language, the best way to learn is immersion.
I actually crammed C# for two weeks for another job, but didn't get that one. In most of these jobs, it took about 1-3 days to start writing useful code.
I guess you could come in with 5 years of experience in something, but if they like you enough, you'll figure it out. Skill in a language or architecture also doesn't mean you have skill with the code itself. Like a language, the best way to learn is immersion.