[ale] Programming and preferred languages?

[leam hall]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Scott M. Jones <eff at dragoncon.org> wrote:

> On 2/2/17 12:37 PM, leam hall wrote:
> > I've coded in a few languages and have a couple I really enjoy. However,
> > they don't tend to fall in the "lots of jobs" or "direct tie to Linux"
> > category. The idea I've had so far is to pick a language I really enjoy
> > and learn things like OOP, TDD, refactoring, etc.
> >
> > Not sure this is a good path though. I'm not young and am still trying
> > to move from Linux admin to coder type of guy.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> These days companies and interviewers often want to see your
> "portfolio", specifically on GitHub.  So, start a project or two and
> "Git" some of your code out on GitHub, if you want to be a coder.
>
> Also keep in mind that larger organizations are typically very
> specialized, i.e. coders are not allowed to do Linux admin and may never
> have root access anywhere.  They just code.  You're more likely to wear
> many hats and use the full range of your experience in a smaller or
> newer organization.
>
> -Scott
>
>
Scott, thanks for the quick response!

Understood that crossing boundaries isn't likely in a large organization,
I've been in a few. Since I'm enjoying Ruby, being a DevOps/Puppet sort of
guy is one path. However, if I understand correctly the Puppet DSL is less
and less Ruby as the days go by. Still, the coder skills like testing, can
carry over. I do have some active stuff on GitHub.

I know other languages like Python, Java, and C++ have a lot more jobs. I
just code less in them, though it's been a decade or so since I looked at
Java.

Leam


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