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I think there is a difference between hiring someone with C# experience for a Java role, or someone with C++ experience for a Rust role, and hiring someone for a diametrically opposed software stack. There is nuance.

Though I would say someone with at least intermediate abilities in half a dozen languages has a great track record for learning new things. Carpenters are not sifted for how much experience they have in soft woods, hard woods, or plywood.




Yeah, totally fair. Nuance is king.

Still. I can see hiring someone with 5 yoe C# to serve as the Senior on a Java project. However, I wonder about hiring someone with 5 yoe C# to serve as the Senior on a Java project. There would have to be some sort of additional major value add (e.g., domain expertise).

At 15 yoe C# experience this starts to make a lot more sense.




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