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Which Language To Learn?
LordStormes writes "I've been a Java/C++/PHP developer for about 6 years now. However, I'm seeing the jobs for these languages dry up, and Java in particular is worrisome with all the Oracle nonsense going on. I think it's time to pick up a new language or risk my skills fading into uselessness. I'm looking to do mostly Web-based back-end stuff. I've contemplated Perl, Python, Ruby, Erlang, Go, and several other languages, but I'll put it to you — what language makes the most sense now to get the jobs? I've deliberately omitted .NET — I have no desire to do the Microsoft languages."
When I graduated from college a little over 2 years ago, I couldn't find anyone hiring C programmers with less than 5 years of experience. Shops that work in PHP don't give a damn about anything (obviously), so that's where my career started and now web development is what I know how to do.
Of everyone I knew in college and everyone I've met since then, only one of them actually has a job that uses C or C++ these days.
Yeah, I know this is a bit offtopic, but so is this entire thread.
CAD is in fact still weaker than USD. It's almost tied, but not quite.
For a shiny graph demonstrating this see:
http://www.google.ca/finance?q=CADUSD
I just pooped your party.
Expensive? http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page .NET either but it's a very very very capable tool for business apps and is one of the few things MS is really doing correctly. Choosing the right tool for the job is very important, and there are quite a few situations where .NET fits much more than most other packages.
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One thing I've noticed (here in Texas anyways) is that bilingualism is rapidly becomming a requirement for retail/food management. Also, retail management is an ultra-high turnover job; after spending $20,000 to train a manager according to 150 exacting corporate guidelines, you want to recoup some of your investment. Paying them to keep from quitting their shitty job that you paid to train them for means paying them more than accepting a job at a better job with a better work environment. You at least get two months off each year.
A friend of a friend makes 48K a year with full (including eye AND dental) benefits as an assistant manager with a HS diploma at a gas station, and this is in Dallas, with some of the lowest living costs in the nation.
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