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		How Many Languages a Developer Should Know? (sotergreco.com)
		1 point by thunderbong 18 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

kenarsa 18 days ago | [–]

"Know" is a vague word. Everyone should know one language inside out as if they can code within a Notepad without IDE support. I think if you know three languages really well, that puts you in the top 1% of devs. I would go for C, Python, and JS.

mseepgood 18 days ago | [–]

At least 3.

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