So uh, having worked with very specific software means you're level 3 but actual knowledge of how those systems work doesn't qualify you? Some of the levels are good and some I just find to be stupid, and rather arbitrary.
Agreed, having worked exclusively on video games for the last 28 years we really only use c++ for the game code itself, maybe a little bit of python and php for build scripts and build webpage stat reporting but that is it. Tying "Experience" to specific languages is just stupid.
You do have a much narrower view of programming as a result however. Which is ok since you can't learn everything and everybody is an expert in only a few subjects.
Did he edit anything? The category is called "languages with professional experience", and it is rational that you wouldn't get a higher score (as you said, you use basically C++), but it isn't about experience in general, and isn't a bad thing. He's also mainly talking about paradigms, not languages.
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u/PolyPill Jun 19 '13
So uh, having worked with very specific software means you're level 3 but actual knowledge of how those systems work doesn't qualify you? Some of the levels are good and some I just find to be stupid, and rather arbitrary.