Hi, I just started at Google ~4 months ago in NYC.
> Python: deprecated in production.
I have no idea where this idea came from.
> the legacy projects (what you'll be tasked on in your first 18 months) are in it.
This is not an accurate generalization. I've been developing completely greenfield Java and Python code since about 3 weeks into starting.
> If you don't care about PL quality or actually like reading thousands-of-lines-long legacy C++ modules
I'm quite curious what role had you "reading thousands-of-lines-long legacy C++ modules" - all the typical C++ infrastructure modules I've used (eg Bigtable) have tons of resources to learn them, and after that I typically find what I need reading auto-generated docs (doxygen/javadox/pydoc/etc).
> Python: deprecated in production.
I have no idea where this idea came from.
> the legacy projects (what you'll be tasked on in your first 18 months) are in it.
This is not an accurate generalization. I've been developing completely greenfield Java and Python code since about 3 weeks into starting.
> If you don't care about PL quality or actually like reading thousands-of-lines-long legacy C++ modules
I'm quite curious what role had you "reading thousands-of-lines-long legacy C++ modules" - all the typical C++ infrastructure modules I've used (eg Bigtable) have tons of resources to learn them, and after that I typically find what I need reading auto-generated docs (doxygen/javadox/pydoc/etc).