>>58489
It merely functions as a goal. Something I've always personally struggled with.
Everybody can easily say they want to learn a language.
The only really way to learn a language, is to use it.
If you're new, you'll have difficulty finding what to do, so you might just end up doing something that teaches you nothing, such as writing Hello World!, or doing FizzBuzz.

This not only teaches you the language, but also a common and solid architecture often used in software. Plus, the end result is a shell, which you can just hand to new hires and tell them to expand it with a new functionality, then leave them be. You'll find that they'll be able to do that with little to no assistance.

If you're able to make this kind of shell as a new hire, then the company has hit the jackpot