Sometimes, we run into developers who are fanatic about one particular technology,
platform,
or framework. Is that good? What are they trying to protect? The companies that make
the products
they're defending so hard may not even know they exist and does not care.
When I mentined this in a presentation yesterday, someone said ?They?re trying to
protect their
investment in those technologies.? Good point and probably so. Instead, shouldn?t
we improve our
ability to adapt and pick the right technology?
Learning is part of our profession. Our job is to find technology that solves problems.
Today technology
X may be the right choice for problem Z we?re solving. But, if technology Y is better
tomorrow for another
problem, why not use that instead?
But, how do we know what the right technology is?
"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something," Thomas Henry Huxley.
We should be experts in some areas. At the same time, gain a general understanding
of a broader
range of things.
We owe this to ourselves?each one of us. For you, it?s an investment in your future. It
is not enough to be
employed, you need to be employable.
