Is it useful to know all the programming languages or is it better to stick to two or three?

Question

Today I was wondering a lot about the programming languages and I was wondering if it is useful to learn every programming language on SL or is just a couple good enough. This is not the first time I've wondered about this. Any opinion is welcome.

Answer 1

There's an old popular saying among the shaolin monks that
"Iam not afraid of a man who has practiced thousand moves one time, but iam afraid of someone who has practiced one move a thousand time"

Answer 2

You will likely only need a couple of languages in your career. My first wife only used one (Cobol). Most of my career was C++ (last 3/4 of second and all of third job,) with a lot of others tossed in that I could have never used without effecting my career. The other two I really used in my career was Cobol (first job) and Pascal (first 1/2 of second job.)

Answer 3

So just one or two for career. Thing is at the moment programming is a hobby of mine but I'm looking at an other direction for a career. Basically I wanna program in what spare time I'll have and maybe release some useful programs like a music player or mini game. Still I see the point you guys are making and if I think about it you're right...now I just need to find a programming language that will suite me well in my future projects

Answer 4

Jack of all and master of none