Do you think of yourself as a Python programmer, or a Ruby programmer? Are you a front-end programmer, a back-end programmer? Emacs, vim, Sublime, or Visual Studio? Linux or macOS? If you think of yourself as a Python programmer, if you identify yourself as an Emacs user, if you know you’re better than those vim-loving Ruby programmers: you’re doing yourself a disservice. You’re a worse programmer for it, and you’re harming your career. Why? Because you are not your tools, and your tools shouldn’t define your skillset.
Have you tried using software from way off the beaten path? Maybe you tried to make software for your graphing calculator and realized that you were one of five people to ever try that and there was…