Being a Polyglot Programmer with Amir Rajan

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Being a Polyglot Programmer with Amir Rajan

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Dec 2, 2016

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You may know Amir from his #1 AppStore Game "A Dark Room." Amir is a programmer who has learned (and continues to learn) multiple programming languages. Is being a polyglot programmer a good idea for all programmers? Which languages should you start with?

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Dec 2, 2016

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