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[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 43 points 3 months ago

I was doing a job interview and the manager asked me why I choose python over other languages like R, like if I tough that python was the best language or what? I answered that python is not the best language for anything, for any job you want there's a better language, but python is the second best one for everything, so it offers a flexibility that no other language can. Like in my actuarial sciences MBA, all the professors use R, for 99% of they do I have an equivalent library in python, for the 1% that don't I can use rpy2 and run R code directly in python. Guess they liked my answer because I was approved and I'm about to start there in October.

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 months ago

"python is the second best language for everything..."

I love that summation! Python has been key for me to learn programming concepts. I hope to move into other languages in the future, but for now, Python does everything I need it to.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that was the correct answer

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