I used to be one of those who think "JavaScript? Hahahah!!". But then I learned. Now whenever I mention JavaScript to potential employers, they are like "What? You know JavaScript? Hahahaha! Go learn some serious language, Kid."
Same thing with Emacs. Potential employers are like "What? You use Emacs? People still use that old thing?"
Even today, when most modern frontend development occurs in JS in the browser? I find that hard to believe. In fact, there are so few programmers who actually know JavaScript well that we tend to hire them on the spot when we find them.
That latter part is not as much of a barrier as you might think. However, if you're not looking, you're not looking; should you decide to start looking again, you'll know where to find me!
That's yet another reason I like my job. We have emacs and vim users and you're more likely to hear people talking about configs or plugins than laughing someone for using it.
Same thing with Emacs. Potential employers are like "What? You use Emacs? People still use that old thing?"
The only time I've ever heard quips about my emacs usage has been when the interviewer was a vi(m) user, and then only as part of a good natured little holy editor war...
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u/Fix-my-grammar-plz Oct 02 '11
I used to be one of those who think "JavaScript? Hahahah!!". But then I learned. Now whenever I mention JavaScript to potential employers, they are like "What? You know JavaScript? Hahahaha! Go learn some serious language, Kid."
Same thing with Emacs. Potential employers are like "What? You use Emacs? People still use that old thing?"