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Re:If Carpenters Were Hired Like Programmers by autokad on Sunday February 08, 2015 @09:41AM (#9017330)
In my experience, although not very large, people who only know one language do so because they stick to things in their comfort level. they are also disadvantaged in environments where projects vary quite a deal. certain environments have different communities supporting them, making them better for certain tasks.

an example, a ASP/ASP.NET developer (only thing) of 10+ years couldn't do something over 6 months that I did in a week. That something involved web pages, polling data through a restful interface, projecting coordinates, tweeting, and a few other moving parts.

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Re:If Carpenters Were Hired Like Programmers by seanwilson on Sunday February 08, 2015 @09:57AM (#9017373)
That's why I prefer a so called jack of all trades to a one tricky pony. I've worked on mobile projects where I've had to switch between Java, Objective-C, JavaScript, Bash, SQL and Python in a single day to add new features. Knowing, for example, obscure details about Java you rarely need and could Google for anyway isn't as useful as being flexible.
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