I&#x27;m not sure why one would equate &quot;being a good programmer&quot; with &quot;doing what startups need done?&quot; There&#x27;s plenty of need for programmers who don&#x27;t use Javascript and Ruby, and people like Linus Torvalds (or most of the people who&#x27;ve build world-class critical frameworks) probably didn&#x27;t start there either.