Experience programming in one or more of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl, or Ruby

I see that job is in Bangalore, India. Curiously, a similar careers.google.com job advert for a Software Engineer in Warsaw, Poland asks for:

Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go" ... along with "ability to learn other coding languages as needed"

So it seems each region is free nowadays to choose their preferred programming languages ... a nice change from the early years when I heard anecdotally that the only languages permitted at Google for serious production code were C++, Java and Python.

Curiously, Guido van Rossum, a famous Google employee from those early years, did not know who introduced Python at Google in the first place! Hmmm, now that Guido has left Google for Microsoft, will we now see Python adoption rising inside Microsoft and declining at Google?

Oh well, I'm delighted that both Bangalore and Warsaw at least did not ask for my three most hated languages: Windows BAT, PHP and Cobol. :)

For some background on Programming Language Sociology and Evolution see: Organizational Culture (Part VI): Sociology

See also my mandatory list of Links Comparing Programming Languages

In reply to Re: Google considers Perl a useful skill by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Google considers Perl a useful skill by reisinge

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