[BangPypers] Future of Python Programmers

[Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy]

Thanks a lot....
 


Regards,
~ Srini T

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Subject: Re: [BangPypers] Future of Python Programmers

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy <
srinivas_thatiparthy at 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
>

 In a gist, let us say you decide to be a Python specialist and focus
only on Python. However as you go along, you will find that Python has
borrowed many concepts from other languages and from generic CS
patterns, so it is not an island. For example, you will find that
generators are specialized co-routines and you might find yourself
checking out similar concepts in other languages like erlang/haskell or
even Java. No programming language is an island and every advanced
feature of any programming language will be present in other languages -
perhaps under other names. So instead of becoming a Python specialist,
if you try and expand your knowledge of programming languages as a
whole, it will help you to pick up any language as you progress, since
you can quickly grasp the underlying patterns.

For example, OOP. If you have learned OOP in C++, then it is the same
concept carried through in Java, Python everywhere, except that the
details differ. If you however compartmentalize your language learnings,
you might fail to recognize common features across languages and this
can impair your learning in the long term and make you, well a lesser
programmer.

 That is the academic aspect of it. The more pragmatic aspect is that if
you limit yourselves, you are excluding your chance of working in
projects that require multiple skills say C/Python or Java/Python. That
is what I meant by being a multi-skilled generalist  than a deeply
skilled specialist - so this answers the question below  also, I hope.


>
> >>>.In my experience, companies prefer  well-skilled generalists than
> deeply skilled specialists, unless  one is an ultimate genius in what 
> he does and irreplacable.
> This point also, because i want to be  a python,c#  specialist.Your 
> answer help me a great deal.Please clarify.
>
> Thanks AB.
>
> Regards,
> ~ Srini T
>
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