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Re:Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews by 727374 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:37PM (#7186233)
You are missing the point - startups don't always have the time/money to train someone in a new language. That's why they are looking for Javascript Ninjas who can hit the ground running. Established firms inherently have money to invest in training if they choose to.
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Re:Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews by georgemcbay on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:37PM (#7186618)
If you have hired the right person they will very quickly "train" themselves and the only cost to you will be a slightly slower start (which will resolve itself in days to a couple of weeks max) at producing real code.

Well worth it if the alternative is hiring someone who knows the language/framework you're working in, but pretty much only knows that language/framework.

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