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Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one?

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fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> writes:
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>> In a nutshell: you do end up knowing some things narrowly, but once you
>> know a few different kinds of things, each extra thing is less and less
>> extra effort
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> this is common opinion, but is it really true?
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Well, I just gave the example of writing some more Python last week
despite never even having taken a week out to sit down and study it
(much as I might like to). So, I think it is.

Of course, mostly one is paid for getting things working, not for deep
knowledge. Still, a lot of habits that encourage maintainability (good
naming, good separation of concerns, etc.) are quite transferable.

-- Mark

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is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-25 05:58 -0800
  Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-25 16:46 +0000
    Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 04:31 -0800
      Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-26 12:48 +0000
        Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 05:33 -0800
        Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 13:47 +0000
      Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 13:11 +0000
        Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 05:45 -0800
          Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 13:56 +0000
            Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 06:20 -0800
              Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 14:47 +0000
                Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 07:17 -0800
                Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 07:30 -0800

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