Even for a position in language X though, I'd rather hire/work with> someone who's demonstrated the initiative to broaden his horizons by learning something else as well. No matter what X is.
This all started because I am reluctant to learn Ruby on Rails to help on a open source project with some hard core Java guys at work. I more or less argued Bryan's points and they referred me to this book. In my opinion is takes a very long time to master a language. Sure, anyone can pick up a language and start coding in a week or two but to really feel like you know the ins and outs takes a long time. I argued that Java pays very well and there are things about my current language of choice that I could improve on. That being said, I also argued that PHP is the next best language to learn for $$$ because 95% of the contract work I see is written in PHP. -- grant /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
