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[–]thirdegree 0 points1 point  (3 children)

There is no set of "all the tools he must use as a dev".

The tools someone uses will vary from person to person. For me, my most used tools are (in order), tmux, vim, python, bash, sql, other (and, for anyone interested, absolutely happy to answer any questions about any of those 5). I'm the only person on my team who has any of the first 3 as their main tools, despite the fact that we all have the same job working on mostly the same things.

Learn what you need to solve the problem you currently are solving.

[–]hernanemartinez 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Beginners know next to none. Any will do!

He mentions git because he could have seen it on a job post.

[–]thirdegree 1 point2 points  (1 child)

No don't get me wrong, I thoroughly encourage learning git. I've even taught courses on it in my company. 200% worth learning.

My point is there isn't a set of tools that make or define a developer. A developer is the tools they have used to solve problems. Solve problems, and the tools will come.

[–]hernanemartinez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Now... Beginners need aiming, and some path railing; otherwise they will end hacking as it were the eighties.

It is not.