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Functional Programming in Scala
It makes it much easier for me to distinguish myself as a hard worker who cares about the business being successful. It also helps me keep my job during layoffs because I can assure you the managers have noticed.
When you are old and have lots of formative experiences that are not work-based, we can shake hands and mutually appreciate each other's motives and respective outcomes.
While we're sharing anecdotal data, I've experienced the opposite.
The older, more experienced fellows love static types and the new ones barely understand what they're missing in javascript and python.
I don't understand how this isn't the biggest news in astronomy. Gigantic filaments of energy passing through the milky way