Do pro software developers memorize programming language syntax?

Tomasz Smykowski
Nov 4 · 4 min read

Just to introduce myself. I am programming for 20 years. During that time i learned Pascal, Visual Basic, Visual Basic.NET, C++, Java, C#, PHP, JavaScript, and TypeScript, just to name a few languages.

My answer is based on my experience i gained to become Senior Software Development Consultant.

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Tomasz Smykowski

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Senior software development consultant. Focused on fast pace and quality dev of cutting edge apps. Programming for 20 years. TOP 4% of StackOverflow users.

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