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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/17/07 02:05
OmegaJunior wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:55:59 +0100, <damod.php@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Iam a php/mysql developer. I wanna know whether staying in php and
>> mysql forever would affect my future. Most s/w people are in either
>> java or dotnet. Iam novice in both of them. I love php and i dont
>> wanna shift from it. Please tell me whether staying as a php developer
>> is good enough to have a settled future in spftware industry. Pro's
>> and Con's respected.
>>
>
> I know Basic (Visual Basic, .Net, VB Script (as in ASP), VBA (for
> applications like code behind MS Office applications)), PHP, ColdFusion,
> Javascript, Apple Script, C++, (X)HTML, CSS, XML a couple of SQL
> dialects... yeah I'd say broadening one's horizon is a positive
> development that can land you a job beyond one's current perspective.
>
> However... expanding one's abilities also sacrifices the expertise in
> any single one of those abilities. Time spent to learn can be spent only
> once. Which do you prefer? Being a specialist in two or three languages,
> or being an allround programmer that can pick up any language thrown at
> them?
>
> One of my colleagues claims it generally takes about 11 weeks for an
> experienced programmer to get comfortable with a new language. Summer
> school, anyone?
>
> --Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
As a consultant, people hire me for my in-depth knowledge. So, IMHO
it's much better to be an expert in a few things than an average
programmer in a lot of languages.
And from years of doing corporate training, it takes a lot longer than
11 weeks. I can teach you the basics of most languages in a week -
including C, C++, Java, PHP and others.
But it takes a year or so of constant use to become truly proficient at
it, even for an experience programmer. At 11 weeks you'll still be
spending more time with your nose in the manual than actually writing code.
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