As one of the novices just trying to allocate my time, I'm constantly trying to understand whether, say, it's worth really understanding C++ at a deep level, or whether I should just try to learn Rust.Think about languages as tools: focus on the tools you need to use. Your career will be long and there will be plenty of time to branch out, but you have very limited time for mastery, so you should master the tools you use often.
All too often, I find this devolves into me scouring the internet for "C++ is ok but the ownership model is so primitive that I would never start a new project in it" and comparing it to "My problem with Rust is that it's still such a nascent language I can't trust it to have the libraries I need". Who are these people, and why are they saying these things? Are their gripes relevant to me? I have no way to know!
Honestly, just pick one and run with it. Part of becoming an experienced programmer is developing your own heuristics for how to pick the right tool for the right job and how to read this type of discussion, and a big part of that is building up both wins and losses to train your intuition.
When they say "OOP is now considered an anti-pattern, most companies are moving towards reactive FP", do they really mean "I work at snapchat and the ads group I work for is moving away from OOP. My friend at amazon said he's doing the same thing"?
If it's an internet forum and you don't see references or citations, it's probably safe to assume it's the latter. They might still be right, but not verifiably so.
Think about languages as tools: focus on the tools you need to use. Your career will be long and there will be plenty of time to branch out, but you have very limited time for mastery, so you should master the tools you use often.
All too often, I find this devolves into me scouring the internet for "C++ is ok but the ownership model is so primitive that I would never start a new project in it" and comparing it to "My problem with Rust is that it's still such a nascent language I can't trust it to have the libraries I need". Who are these people, and why are they saying these things? Are their gripes relevant to me? I have no way to know!
Honestly, just pick one and run with it. Part of becoming an experienced programmer is developing your own heuristics for how to pick the right tool for the right job and how to read this type of discussion, and a big part of that is building up both wins and losses to train your intuition.
When they say "OOP is now considered an anti-pattern, most companies are moving towards reactive FP", do they really mean "I work at snapchat and the ads group I work for is moving away from OOP. My friend at amazon said he's doing the same thing"?
If it's an internet forum and you don't see references or citations, it's probably safe to assume it's the latter. They might still be right, but not verifiably so.