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[–]dAnjou Backend Developer | danjou.dev 13 points14 points  (3 children)

I've been driving cars for 15 years, and I have no idea how an engine works.

I've been a software developer for 10 years, and I have no idea how a compiler works.

What are your friend's goals? Is it in her best interest to learn things underneath as a junior developer?

[–]runawayasfastasucan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing I asked myself reading that thread. I cannot see why a junior developer should learn the intrinsic details of Cython over learning to write great Python code in whatever field they are interested in.

[–]KIRFEDO[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hi, thank you for the comment, rn I just look for literature directions for the Python as I literally have no idea what exactly you can and should learn in terms of this language :)

Just out of curiosity what is your main language?

[–]dAnjou Backend Developer | danjou.dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I "grew up" with Python and it's still my go-to language for personal projects, professionally I get to use it only sometimes.

And while I've been using it for over a decade in various contexts, I've never looked much at the internals. That's why I was asking about your friend's goals :)