I at least partly agree with your point. As a freelancer I need to ensure I am equipped to do what the market wants now, which is largely based on stuff that is relatively stable, so I'm always looking to pick up a grounding in stuff I've not looked at before.
As somebody who loves to play with tech - hardware and software - I'm always looking for new things to try out. I'll concede that the hardest jump is to switch to something completely different where there is no immediately obvious reason for doing so, but that's down to time available these days as much as anything else. You don't have to learn a new language to step outside your comfort zone though On Mar 3, 12:20 pm, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 March 2011 12:10, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the emphasis should not be to "learn a new language" but > > "don't stop learning". > > The risk, of course, is to choose a framework in your chosen language > because you can stay in your comfort zone. The framework is implemented in > Java, you know Java, so it'll be easy... right? > > and that's the point at which you've stopped learning (or curtailed it, at > least). Stepping outside of your comfort zone is much of the point of the > exercise. Otherwise it would be like going to the gum to do a bit of > body-building, and only working with those weights that you can already > comfortably lift. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
