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Re:John Carmack: Career Advice by webmaven on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:12PM (#25509948)
Note that I am speaking of "competence", and you're mentioning "knowledge" and "sense of understanding". Not really the same thing.

Separately, "the stack" is inherently polyglot, and even aggressively pruning the selection wherever possible and eliding many formats, tools, and protocols still gives you an absolutely minimal set like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, HTTPS, TCP/IP, SQL, C/C++, Assembly, & VHDL.

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Re:John Carmack: Career Advice by silicon2401 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:43PM (#25510281)
You can replace what I said with competence, and I still claim it. I think it's fully possible for people to be competent from metal to frontend, and I'm sure there are at least a few out there who are.
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Re:John Carmack: Career Advice by webmaven on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @04:21PM (#25511384)
We may be differing in defining competence, but regardless: agree to disagree?
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