Objectives

In this talk, we want to talk about...

Why in Gosling's Name would I want to do this?

What languages/tools could I use to do this?

How could I do this without getting fired?

Polytech Career

Polytechnical

polyglot: multiple languages

polypraeclusio: multiple storages

polycrepido: multiple platforms (foundations)

Polytech Career

When you are polytechnical...

... you see the value in different technologies

... you don't believe in "just one" anything

... or in "one size fits all" solutions

... you embrace the idea of mixing-and-matching

... you find yourself identifying with Karl Marx:

"From each technology, according to its abilities, to each project, according to its needs"

Summary

Speaking multiple languages is fun!

... and powerful

... and enlightening

... and fun!

Credentials

Who is this guy?

Architect, Engineering Manager/Leader, "force multiplier"

http://www.newardassociates.com

http://blogs.newardassociates.com

Sr Distinguished Engineer, Capital One

Educative (http://educative.io) Author

Performance Management for Engineering Managers

Books

Developer Relations Activity Patterns (w/Woodruff, et al; APress, forthcoming)

Professional F# 2.0 (w/Erickson, et al; Wrox, 2010)

Effective Enterprise Java (Addison-Wesley, 2004)

SSCLI Essentials (w/Stutz, et al; OReilly, 2003)

Server-Based Java Programming (Manning, 2000)