Ask Slashdot: It's 2014 -- Which New Technologies Should I Learn?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @10:16PM from the integrated-abacus-solutions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I've been a software engineer for about 15 years, most of which I spent working on embedded systems (small custom systems running Linux), developing in C. However, web and mobile technologies seem to be taking over the world, and while I acknowledge that C isn't going away anytime soon, many job offers (at least those that seem interesting and in small companies) are asking for knowledge on these new technologies (web/mobile). Plus, I'm interested in them anyway. Unfortunately, there are so many of those new technologies that it's difficult to figure out what would be the best use of my time. Which ones would you recommend? What would be the smallest set of 'new technologies' one should know to be employable in web/mobile these days?"

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2014 = Let Java die. by danknight48 · 2014-01-21 23:03 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Its time to let Java/Python/Ruby die.
In a world of energy efficiency, its time you pulled your weight.
Think of the end users performance, think of the energy it costs to run your application.
Learn C++ instead. Stop being a selfish "wannabe". Make the world a better place.
Java = var lookatme = 640000000;
C++ = unsigned long lookatme = 640000000;
It really isn't that hard guys...