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.shash...@gmail.com>wrote: > freaking awesome and enlightening replies. Thanks. > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy < > srinivas_thatipar...@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....@python.org > [mailto: > > > bangpypers-bounces+srinivas_thatiparthy<bangpypers-bounces%2Bsrinivas_thatiparthy> > > =akebonosoft....@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_thatipar...@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) > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Thanks and best regards, Vishal Sapre --- "So say...Day by day, in every way, I am getting better, better and better !!!" "A Strong and Positive attitude creates more miracles than anything else. Because...Life is 10% how you make it, and 90% how you take it" "Diamond is another piece of coal that did well under pressureā "May we do good and not evil. May we find forgiveness for ourself and forgive others. May we share freely, never taking more than we give." _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers