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Re:We have C++14 by loup-vaillant on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @12:49PM (#8198362)
Not even 4 weeks worth of semi-productive self-learning? That sounds quite pathetic.

There must be something else, like fear of the unknown, risk aversion, "nobody got fired for choosing IBM"…

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Re:We have C++14 by pjmlp on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @12:56PM (#8198411)
I know consulting companies that bill the customer the hours developers spend getting up to speed with a given technology.

In the cases the customer is not willing to pay, developers get asked to learn off work hours, if they want to stay on the project.

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Re:We have C++14 by loup-vaillant on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @06:30PM (#8200176)
Now this is just abusive. I understand that as an individual I have to live with this, but collectively, it looks like we should rise up.
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