The tech lead who doesn't know `len()` but claims to know Python? Yes, they're incompetent. It's okay; it's a common problem in our industry, and easily remedied by study and practice.
Chinese is not a great example. Native speakers have trouble reading and writing their own language; it is so complicated that people cannot remember how to write commonly-spoken words or how to read. [0][1] (Choice moment from [1] is when a university student says that Chinese literacy is as difficult as English!)
Perhaps we can do better as a community to design better languages, but also we should not condone people claiming that they know the languages when they clearly don't. Yes, Python could be easier; no, Python is not that hard.
Chinese is not a great example. Native speakers have trouble reading and writing their own language; it is so complicated that people cannot remember how to write commonly-spoken words or how to read. [0][1] (Choice moment from [1] is when a university student says that Chinese literacy is as difficult as English!)
Perhaps we can do better as a community to design better languages, but also we should not condone people claiming that they know the languages when they clearly don't. Yes, Python could be easier; no, Python is not that hard.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQh1_zyig1M
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxHskrqMqII