I agree with that regarding learning them, but I disagree strongly when it comes to the end result.
I make a lot of my money fixing/replacing PHP projects. As has been pointed out many times before, there are issues with PHP that are guaranteed to cause bugs. The same is true of many languages.
But there is a spectrum! Some compilers/interpreters scream at you and terminate if you contradict yourself. Some of them even recognize security vulnerabilities.
I agree that people skills, domain knowledge, and architecture are hugely important, but great teams are still less effective when they use slow or confusing tools.
You might be the greatest contractor in the world, but if someone asks you to build a skyscraper with plywood and super glue, you're going to end up with something dangerous, fragile, and guaranteed to fall apart as soon as someone tries to use it.
I agree with that regarding learning them, but I disagree strongly when it comes to the end result.
I make a lot of my money fixing/replacing PHP projects. As has been pointed out many times before, there are issues with PHP that are guaranteed to cause bugs. The same is true of many languages.
But there is a spectrum! Some compilers/interpreters scream at you and terminate if you contradict yourself. Some of them even recognize security vulnerabilities.
I agree that people skills, domain knowledge, and architecture are hugely important, but great teams are still less effective when they use slow or confusing tools.
You might be the greatest contractor in the world, but if someone asks you to build a skyscraper with plywood and super glue, you're going to end up with something dangerous, fragile, and guaranteed to fall apart as soon as someone tries to use it.