In other words, if I ever found a company that gave that kind of requirement, I shouldn't apply to that company? Is that what you're saying?
Thanks for the insights. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Mike Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joshua, > > I think David Heinemeier Hansson answers this well in this blog post. > > - Mike > > "Peopleware quotes a study that six months seemed to be the cut-off point > for programmers. Once they had six months under their belt, the platform > knowledge was no longer the bottleneck in their abilities. > > That sounds about right to me. That’s how I felt it going to Ruby. In the > beginning, I would constantly be looking things up. Trying to internalize > the idioms and not merely convert previous patterns to new syntax. But after > about six months of exposure, I knew where things were. What tools to reach > for. Yes, I kept on learning (and still do), but the difference between now > and then is not all that dramatic." > > - http://37signals.com/svn/posts/833-years-of-irrelevance -- Certified Scrum Master http://blog.scrum8.com | http://jobs.scrum8.com | http://twitter.com/scrum8 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
