I wasn't meaning to complain - I was trying to point out the biggest priority isn't hoping that other programmers keep using second-rate languages.
Andrew PS: I've always been a bioinformatician :) On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:53 PM, glenn gillen <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The thing that disturbed me with the essay "Beating the Averages" > http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.htmlwas the assumption that programming is a > > zero-sum game. My fear isn't that I'll be replaced with a better > programmer, > > but that people will decide that they have better things to spend their > > money on than programming. For example, see this blog post about > > bioinformaticshttp://nsaunders.wordpress.com/about-2/about/ > > I realise this will probably come across as glib, but so? The very > industry that provides us a living has come at the cost of large > sections of other industries. > > The only viable solution I can think of it to always be investing in > yourself. Keep your skillset current, look for the best tools for the > job. Ruby's relative youth makes me think you probably already do that > to some degree. If at some point that means you'll need a complete > context shift and to become a "Bioinformaticist".... well at least > you've warned us all ;) > > Glenn Gillen > http://glenngillen.com/ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
