'How do I get good at programming?', I'm asked.

Read. Write. Publish. Repeat.

And in general, people’s opinions are meaningless without data to back them up. So ignore the haters.

Ignore the people saying you’re doing it wrong unless your job depends on it or they have good reasons.

People will tell you “javascript will die” or “ruby is just a fad”

Ignore the haters.

But also ignore the haters who say “java is stupid.”

And ignore the haters who say “OO is wrong”

And ignore the ones who say “OO is the only way” Or “OO is the best way” too.

But listen to the people who say “have you considered a different approach?”. Those are the good ones.