Other Languages: Java, Python

Java is a language that I have used in the past but haven’t touched in the last 3 years. I am competent with Java, but far from proficient (in my opinion).

My first introduction to Java was a trial by fire. A client came to my boss and wanted two pieces of an application. A web based UI in the form of a java applet, and a client side Java application to manage the backend.

My boss quickly accepted the three-week deadline assuming I had previous knowledge of Java, which I didn’t. I complained naturally, and then quickly got to work to meet the deadline, which we did. It took me a week to come up to speed on at least some of the practices, syntax, and concepts, and two weeks to develop a fully debugged deliverable.

Needless to say, the client went away happy, paid his bill, and we breathed a collective sigh of relief, even me…I just didn’t let anyone see.

Python is a language that I am not very familiar with at all, however, based on what I have seen and read, I do not fear it and feel that if need be, I could come up to speed with very little investment of time.