[BangPypers] Future of Python Programmers

[Vishal]

Hello,

Have you come across the fact that, choosing a language depends a lot on
what your current employer prefers. if the group decides on Java/C++/Python,
you have to work on Java/C++/Python for that matter...its not a choice that
you make...

Plus, one cannot move between projects, just to have a good hold on
different languages.

How should one go about getting knowledge of a few different languages when
their employers essentially use a certain development environment.

more often I think, people get married to domains and to the tools that
these domains demand.

What you say?

Thanks and best regards,
Vishal Sapre

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Shashwat Anand <anand.shashwat at gmail.com>wrote:

> freaking awesome and enlightening replies. Thanks.
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy <
> srinivas_thatiparthy at akebonosoft.com> wrote:
>
> > OMG! This is the best of piece of advice I have ever got.
> > Thanks a lot to  Roshan,Asokan( you r an IIT prof,right? [If my memory is
> > correct].If so,I still remember your grey hair Jokes :) , No offence ) .
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > ~ Srini T
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bangpypers-bounces+srinivas_thatiparthy=akebonosoft.com at python.org
> [mailto:
> >
> bangpypers-bounces+srinivas_thatiparthy<bangpypers-bounces%2Bsrinivas_thatiparthy>
> > =akebonosoft.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Asokan Pichai
> > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:43 PM
> > To: Bangalore Python Users Group - India
> > Subject: Re: [BangPypers] Future of Python Programmers
> >
> > Let me use one
> >
> > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy <
> > > srinivas_thatiparthy at akebonosoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> >> As Noufal said, don't become a language  specialist, as that
> > >> >> amounts
> > >> to limiting yourself too much  upfront. .
> > >> I didn't get this point. I would like to know.please clarify on this
> > >> point
> > >>
> >
> > Let me use an analogy--a favourite of mine. Let us say there is a
> > two-wheeler  mechanic.
> > He puts up a board, "I am the best expert in using the monkey wrench.
> > I fix any problem
> > in a two-wheeler using nothing but my trusted monkey wrench".
> >
> > Would you use his services?
> >
> > Programming languages are tools. It is okay to have favourites. It is a
> > given that each language is good in a set of areas. It is also agreed
> that
> > you can do better with a language you know well, than with a language you
> > dont know well, even for problems unsuited for your favourite language.
> >
> > But they are still tools. So develop an expertise in two wheelers not
> > monkey wrenches.
> >
> > HTH and all the best
> >
> > --
> > Asokan Pichai
> > *-------------------*
> > We will find a way. Or, make one. (Hannibal)
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Thanks and best regards,
Vishal Sapre

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