Re: What to Do?

["E. Robert Tisdale" <edwin@netwood.net>]

Petra Lynn Hofman wrote:

> After reading several threads discussing C++, C#, Java and Ada,
> I'm in a quandary over what system to concentrate on.
> I'm learning C++ at the moment but I wonder if that is the best choice.
> After looking a Ada and available jobs,
> it would appear that there is limited opportunities
> for someone > 40 years and outside of military/defense industries.
> Comments and opinions are greatly appreciated.

What do you do?

It's pretty hard to get a job as a professional programmer
if you only know one computer programming language.
Most of the subscribers to this newsgroup are amateur programmers.
They are hired and paid to do something else
and programming is just a low level skill
that they are expected to "pick-up" in the course of their careers
to help them with their work.

If you really mean to sell yourself in the marketplace
as a professional programmer,
you will need to learn all of the above languages and more.
Try to get a job writing programs for something you know about
then concentrate on whatever programming language(s)
your new employer is using.