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Without being quite as harsh, I generally agree. I have generally found new or inexperienced developers become scarred by projects that fall behind more than projects that grow out of control, and bias more towards getting something done, fast. Totally agree that the best advice for OP is to not underestimate his own ability to perform well in a better language. I think it is folly to assume you need a less structured language to get up and running faster.

This very much reminds me of the Worse Is Better line of thinking.