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From: "John Slaman" <john.slaman@shaw.wave.ca>
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1997/12/31
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Which language will make you employable in the shortest amount of time ?

    Microsoft's Visual Basic 5

Why
- easy to learn
- large market
- it's in demand (because systems written in VB need to be rewritten every
couple of years)

Words of caution
- you will never be respected (and rightly so)
- it doesn't pay much (because you'll be competing with people with no
degrees and non-Computer Science degrees who are self taught, and the people
doing the hiring don't value the process of software engineering).

Regards



arnie sherman wrote in message <34a991f0.2379476@news.diac.com>...
>to return briefly to the original topic of this thread:
>
>i'm studying programing, including smalltalk (smalltalk express), &
>would like to know not so much which language will pay the most, but
>rather, which will be more likely to make me employable in the
>shortest time (as an entry level programmer) ? i am guessing c & c++,
>even though i do find smalltalk to be a cleaner & more refined
>programming environment. additionally, i am primarilly interested in
>graphics, i.e. multimedia, inteerface design, internet apps., etc.
>
>whenever i discuss web design w/ placement people they immediatly want
>to know if i know java. i suspect this is a trendy thing, though also
>reflecting some real possibilities for employment in the immediate
>future.
>
>any thoughts?
>thanks
>arnie sherman
>
>arnie@diac.com
>http://www.diac.com/~arnie
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