By mswatcher
via artima.com
Published: Sep 19 2009 / 05:02
Can a focus on C++ get me through the next twenty-odd years? Is it time to stop chasing bright, shiny new languages and consolidate as a guru? A few thoughts on "legacy languages" and the later stages of a coding career.
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I am 46 and my Dad's recent death raises the usual thoughts of mortality.
I probably will be working full-time for no more than twenty to twenty-five years. I am also highly unlikely to move up to management - my return to consulting in the last two years has reaffirmed that designing and implementing software is something I love doing.
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RawThinkTank replied ago:
Closure is 10 times more innovative than scala.
Dave Newton replied ago:
Wrong article?
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