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I don't agree.

My really-learned language is C#

The biggest money I've made technology on is C, which I don't really know, just basics.

I've wrote some js, ts, c++, lua, used some postgres+mssql+mongo, yada yada and stuff

but when writing CV I'm not saying that I know those, just that I have experience with those. It is probably bad strategy cuz people inflate their skills, but who knows.

There's giant difference between person who "can use tech" and person who "understands to the point that he/she feels particular tech".

"Feeling" technology takes years because you need to understand its ecosystem, why some approaches to some problems are more common within this tech, historical context, internals, etc, etc.

I feel C#, but I only can use C.



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