The sentiment of the article is nice. Especially the part about feeling self-conscious and stupid. People need to remember that (myself included).
I'd also add that often people online can excascerbate (sp?) the problem. "What, you don't know how to write an O(n) gnome sort!? Dude you are not a programmer." It's really easy to forget that not everyone is an elite CS programmer who graduated with a 4.0. And not everyone needs to be. Learning is a process and one we should help each other with.
That being said, I'm one of those totally wrong people who disagrees with:
You're lucky to have stumbled across a very good first language, but you're likely to encounter developers who will tell you that this decision doesn't matter. These people are wrong, plain and simple.
You won't know what's good and bad about your first language until you try a few others anyway. So don't sweat it. I'd say, avoid zealotry and dogma. Program in as many languages as you can handle.
I'd also add that often people online can excascerbate (sp?) the problem. "What, you don't know how to write an O(n) gnome sort!? Dude you are not a programmer." It's really easy to forget that not everyone is an elite CS programmer who graduated with a 4.0. And not everyone needs to be. Learning is a process and one we should help each other with.
That being said, I'm one of those totally wrong people who disagrees with:
You're lucky to have stumbled across a very good first language, but you're likely to encounter developers who will tell you that this decision doesn't matter. These people are wrong, plain and simple.
You won't know what's good and bad about your first language until you try a few others anyway. So don't sweat it. I'd say, avoid zealotry and dogma. Program in as many languages as you can handle.