On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:06:33AM +0800, AJ Dhaliwal wrote: > Damian (and Dave cross) disagree with you on that one. A week with them > is worth more than a year's actual experience.
Doubtful. There's a lot more to making a good programmer than knowing the language, just like being a spelling bee doesn't make you a good novelist. When I'm looking for a good Perl programmer, whether the candidate knows Perl or not doesn't matter much (of course, if the candidate claims to know Perl, (s)he better shows (s)he knows the language); for a good programmer, learning a new language should not be a problem. Abigail
