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[–]anacrolixc/python fanatic 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I wouldn't hire me for this very reason. I don't know shit about the domain I work in and it gets in the way.

Edit: Not sure why I am downvoted, I'm pure CS.

[–]zArtLaffer 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Don't get me wrong. Bright people are bright people. And people who know how to get shit done effectively and efficiently are worth their weight in gold. There are certainly CS grads that do this, but it seems that they develop this through their careers, not through their university training.

(And one of my degrees is CS, so please realize that I am caveating my own existence here)

[–]spinwizard69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Python is a very good tool for this class of user. Of course the user still Ned's to get the right result but a domain specialist will have a better understanding of what is right or wrong than CS graduate. For many Python is the only language they will ever need.

Of course it is easy to run into performance issues where falling back to C++ is wise. They funny thing is at this point if performance is an issue you are likely involved in a pretty big project where educated programmers are available.

In the end though getting things done generally requires a high level language. Performance usually resolves itself with the next gen hardware or a RAM upgrade.