Learn Different Languages! Be a Man, Carl
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Argues that learning multiple programming languages changes how you solve problems by giving concrete examples: moving from .NET/C# (including writing a C# module and a C# book) to JavaScript and Angular to build a cross‑platform mobile app that reached about 500,000 downloads. Describes starting with a barely working toy app, discovering functional programming ideas that simplify old problems, recounts a failed Google algorithms interview, and urges trying different languages to gain practical skills.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Languages matter
- 2:30JavaScript changed me
- 5:03Objective-C frustrations
- 6:34Functional C#
- 8:43Back to coding
- 10:12JavaScript career challenge
- 12:21Forums and problems
- 14:36Learning helps juniors
- 16:25Programming reality
- 17:50Broadening horizons
- 18:13Q&A
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