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> Drop the focus on languages. Choose one (popular) language and focus on understanding it well

While I understand this advice, your mileage might vary. I had the exactly opposite approach and did learn a ton of different languages, on the end making it my area of expertise as a compiler developer and language designer. Of course that's niche, but knowing only one language will eventually become a blocking point for every developer, especially in the modern world.



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