In a recent Discord chat, I heard the phrase that:
A good senior developer should be able to program in any language.
As someone who's spent years working across multiple tech stacks, this got me thinking. Is language flexibility a core trait of senior engineers, or is deep specialisation more valuable?
During my almost 18-year career, I’ve used numerous languages, such as C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++, Ruby, PHP, Python, Perl, and ActionScript. I’ve also played with even more. I’m not flexing, I'm not a polyglot programming wizard. That’s just how it goes if you’re long enough in this industry.
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