Support Forums: Message List - Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Mon, 20 May 2013 10:33:33 -0400 Re: What, not what with http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 New experiences will make you a better programmer (and more hireable), not a new language or tool. For example, take on some build engineer or sys admin responsibilites for awhile. Work on some benchmarking and performance analysis. Write...]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:00 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:00 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:24:00 -0400 Oct 29, 2009 David McCoy 0 What, not what with http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:33:34 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:33:34 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:33:34 -0400 Oct 29, 2009 Bill Burke 1 Re: Evolution of a language or technology... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 I was looking for opinions on -

what if a language evolves over time, and so a techie sticks to it ( like say Java, with Java6 and Groovy/Grails/GWT etc ). Instead of learning the next "cool" thing - like RoR...I belong to the former...]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:36:55 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:36:55 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:36:55 -0400 Oct 29, 2009 James Watson 0 Evolution of a language or technology... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:23 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:23 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:23 -0400 Oct 29, 2009 Pady Srinivasan 1 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:40:08 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:40:08 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:40:08 -0400 Oct 29, 2009 pvarhol 0 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:37:35 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:37:35 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:37:35 -0400 Oct 29, 2009 stefano fornari 0 Re: Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:16:20 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:16:20 -0400 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:16:20 -0400 Oct 29, 2009 Shahzad Masud 0 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:53:52 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:53:52 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:53:52 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 David McCoy 0 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 I agree. I once told a customer, a DB, that I(but really any good dev) needs to know 70% of everything involved in a project outside of development....]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:16 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:16 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:16 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 James Watson 1 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 I was up a few times, on a Saturday night, at 2am, just...tinkering. That's because you're a loser ;-) Captcha: 'Hurting Grandchildren' WTF???]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:12:33 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:12:33 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:12:33 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 sloppyseconds 0 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332
But tools can be fun. You shouldn't be married to them, but one aspect of the job I enjoy is learning new things. And if those things are fun? So much the better.

I had fun learning and using Spring and GWT, for example. I...]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:09 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:09 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:09 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 David McCoy 3 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 But tools can be fun. You shouldn't be married to them, but one aspect of the job I enjoy is learning new things. And if those things are fun? So much the better.

I had fun learning and using Spring and GWT, for example. I felt...]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:29:51 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:29:51 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:29:51 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 James Watson 4 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332
Exactly and to extend your point, languages are somewhat immaterial, it's the framework availability that allows you to attack verticals efficiently. How valuable would JRuby be without access to all the Java frameworks out...]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:07:27 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:07:27 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:07:27 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 David McCoy 5 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Exactly and to extend your point, languages are somewhat immaterial, it's the framework availability that allows you to attack verticals efficiently. How valuable would JRuby be without access to all the Java frameworks out...]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:08 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:08 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:08 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 James Watson 7 Re: Re-Live the Past, or Predict the Future? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=58332 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:38:14 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:38:14 -0400 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:38:14 -0400 Oct 28, 2009 Steven Goldsmith 8