Should a programmer have freedom in choosing a language and framework?

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Spencer asks:

I started working at a company that is primarily C# oriented. We have a few people who like Java and JRuby, but a majority of programmers here like C#. I was hired because I have a lot of experience building Web applications and because I lean towards newer technologies like JRuby on Rails or nodejs.