Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by mseebach 4775 days ago
Being a good developer in any language is pretty transferable. Google isn't going to care if you have to fumble for a few weeks getting comfortable with the syntax.

The important bit is being a good developer, not which language.
1 comments
6d0debc071 4775 days ago
Just a warning that, at least in the UK, I've heard that many companies do want you to know a list of quite specific programming languages and advertise for a programmer that does X language with Y years experience in it, rather than going after the computational knowledge side of things. So, you know, just check what you're going for first if you're still at the making decisions about what to learn stage.

Can't speak for Google though. Just if you were thinking in general terms.

link
kelnage 4775 days ago
As a software engineer in the UK - in my experience, the companies who want you to list very specific programming languages aren't worth working for. If they don't/can't understand that programming experience is transferable between languages, they probably aren't going to respect you for your skills either.
link
tracker1 4775 days ago
That happens enough in the U.S. as well. More often as many positions are being actively driven/searched by consulting companies (temp/placement agencies for IT/Software).
link