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by daemin 4360 days ago
So your boss is basically telling you to learn all of these things so that you will remain a cog in the machine. Like running really fast trying to move ahead, but really you're just on the treadmill and staying in the same place.
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That's a great way of putting it. It's exactly where I feel I an now.

I wish I did C more often. Most of that knowledge has longevity.

My first website made CGI calls to an API written in C. 17 years later, I'm using the same basic model, except with Go.