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Discussion on: Are you (programming) in your comfort zone? Please don’t.

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Aga Zaboklicka

Or imagine all those ugly things getting faster as you can deal with them faster after a little bit of a hurdle.

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Greg Ricker

Good post, it gets a conversation going!!

Continuing to learn is never a bad thing. I spend a lot of time exploring new technology. I like Python and NoSQL. The POC's always seem so clean and elegant compared to the final product.

But it takes more than a 'bit of a hurdle' to get good enough at something. I have been involved with a number of projects where someone knew something about a new technology. In the end, the promise of faster and better is just that.

I work with folks who are all in for going to the cloud(AWS in this case). For me, studying for the certification exams was a process (excuse) to learn. A new DynamoDB project falls over after a few months and folks wonder why its just NoSQL after all! In the end, they blame the technology and find something new. In fact, it was their lack of knowledge that doomed the project.

The work of software development is difficult, get over it. No new process, framework or methodology is going to make life unicorns and rainbows.

Jason Gabler: I feel your Perl pain...even after years of therapy