Choosing a tool doesn't mean locking yourself into it forever and refusing to ever use anything else though.
Well before I even started my first development job, I had used BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Assembler, C, Euphoria, Java, C++, Javascript, and Visual Basic.
My first dev job didn't use any of those, however. I had to ramp up on PHP, SQL, Perl, Python, and a little Ruby. Took two weeks to become productive, albeit not a master.
Over the years since then, I've used a wide variety of other tools (languages, frameworks, compilers, editors and IDEs, etc.) I can't imagine where I would be if I still insisted on using BASIC and writing code like
10 PRINT "Hello!"
20 GOTO 10
In the end, they're all just tools to do the job. You don't refuse to use a screwdriver just because you learned to use a hammer first.
Well before I even started my first development job, I had used BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Assembler, C, Euphoria, Java, C++, Javascript, and Visual Basic.
My first dev job didn't use any of those, however. I had to ramp up on PHP, SQL, Perl, Python, and a little Ruby. Took two weeks to become productive, albeit not a master.
Over the years since then, I've used a wide variety of other tools (languages, frameworks, compilers, editors and IDEs, etc.) I can't imagine where I would be if I still insisted on using BASIC and writing code like
10 PRINT "Hello!"
20 GOTO 10
In the end, they're all just tools to do the job. You don't refuse to use a screwdriver just because you learned to use a hammer first.