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0 pointsdagw10y ago0 comments

Junior level is when you know all language features

Wow, in that case I don't think I've ever worked with anybody who's ever managed to reach "junior level" in any language. What do you call someone with, for example, just a PhD in the relevant field, 6 or 7 years of professional programming experience and several successfully shipped products under his belt. And what do you call the guy that is obviously his junior?

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wobbleblob10y ago

When someone with a PhD in the relevant field, 6 or 7 years of professional programming experience and several successfully shipped products under his belt starts learning something new, he's a junior at that new thing.

dagwOP10y ago

My point is that knowing all of a languages features is neither necessary nor sufficient for getting real work done even at the highest level. I've worked with some pretty smart and experienced people in my career and non of them would probably claim to know every single obscure corner of their favorite language.

hnbro10y ago

nice dodge. chewbacca defense!

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