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by Clubber 975 days ago
>But the whole industry has gone overall into believing that anything newly 'invented' is good and anything that's been around a while is passé.

I think this is partially accepted to keep wages down. New languages allow fresh developers to be on a level playing field with more senior developers. Both have say 2 years experience in said new language. Fresh developers are cheaper and therefore push down wages.
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kaba0 974 days ago
It’s almost like there are improvements in PL design.

Also, at better places the language itself is a tool - someone will be a senior in any other language as well.

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Clubber 974 days ago
>It’s almost like there are improvements in PL design.

Eh, not really, at least not in the last 10+ years. I'm sure some obscure hotness does something neat, but mostly inconsequential for the vast, vast majority of shops.

>someone will be a senior in any other language as well.

While I agree with you, that often isn't the opinion of people hiring. If someone is looking for 2 years of java, in most places, 10 years of C# isn't what they are willing to hire.

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