AndrewHickey comments on I want to learn programming - Less Wrong

7 Post author: benelliott 26 March 2011 10:40AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 March 2011 04:52:32PM 0 points [-]

Agreed with all this. Formally interesting programming languages tend to have a fairly steep learning curve, and also tend not to be widely used. If you learn Python or JavaScript you can, if you wish, get a job as a Python coder or web designer relatively easily - I don't think I've ever seen a job for a Haskell coder advertised (though of course if one is advertised then the number of applicants will be much lower).