Learn more programming languages, even if you won't use them
Learn more ? I&#x27;m actively trying to unlearn a bunch of languages at this point!<p>ofcourse, when I was a wageslave in the bay area, its nice to know python, java, javascript, scala etc. - got me jobs every 2-3 years &amp; put food on table.<p>now that i&#x27;m in academia, its completely upside down.
literally everybody is way more productive than me in just about any task. The other day I as supposed to program a poisson clock, it took forever. Meanwhile my advisors &amp; classmates with zero industry experience chug thru these tasks effortlessly. Lately I&#x27;ve confirmed its because they know exactly 1 language , but they know it so well &amp; in so much depth, they know exactly where to look, the right mcmc library, the right slice sampler, the right optimizer, that&#x27;s what matters.<p>There&#x27;s no point programming the same bloody front-end &amp; back-end in a dozen different languages just because of industry constraints. That&#x27;s like eating a spaghetti with a fork, a spoon, with chopsticks, with your fingers...its the same fucking spaghetti. cook something else, not just rotate dish-ware.