Computer Programming skillz...

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Joel Spolsky does it again. For the bulk of this essay, he's spot on - I'm presently working on a project which was initially designed by a bunch of people who read the tutorials and thought they knew it all. Ugh.

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Having recently made the transition from Win32 to Unix/J2EE, there are definite issues there. About programming languages, yes, cross-language experience is very useful. The main point I think he's getting it is the sheer depth and breadth of knowledge that is required to be really proficient in any given programming role. You can pick up a lot from reading the tutorial, but once you've been doing it for real for 2-3 years, you know the wrinkles.

I disagree with him in places, too, but it's interesting reading.