Learn to write clearly. Learn to read code that you haven't written. Peter Norvig's essay "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years" is worth a look: http://norvig.com/21-days.html
awesome checking it out now
What should I learn for a good career?
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Re: What should I learn for a good career?
#12Master C and C++. Both are still relevant today and most other languages are simply derivatives of it (which means you will pick them up easily). Defining mastery is the tough part though... If you think of it the way I do, you will find a good career for the rest of your life, although I don't think coding for 40 years is a life well-lived (especially on 70-hour workweeks).
i have dabbled with C and a C++, at our school most of our classes are in java, aside from some of the other classes like compilers and etc. if possible i do what i need to be done on Python but im learning perl this semester also. I haven't messed with c++ a whole lot do to its similarity with java. I feel like if i sat down and needed to do something i'd be familiar enough to be able to do it.
Re: What should I learn for a good career?
#13Do searches on indeed.com for various kinds of engineers and see what's up. Web developer, software engineer, mobile engineer, mobile developer, data scientist, data engineer, data analyst, front-end engineer, front-end web developer. You'll quickly get an idea of what kinds of languages companies use / care about! Also, make sure to keep learning, the smartest engineers not only continue learning about what other la…
unfortunately where i am most people tend to want people that have been coding for well over 5 years. we even get job offers through our academic adviser with some companies looking for people with 8 years exp and other things like that. like they're going to find that in an undergraduate program
Re: What should I learn for a good career?
#14i have a student site up on our university site, its nothing fancy. I just bootstrapped it out to have something there. http://students.cis.uab.edu/stucky3
Re: What should I learn for a good career?
#15Master C and C++. Both are still relevant today and most other languages are simply derivatives of it (which means you will pick them up easily). Defining mastery is the tough part though... If you think of it the way I do, you will find a good career for the rest of your life, although I don't think coding for 40 years is a life well-lived (especially on 70-hour workweeks).
i have dabbled with C and a C++, at our school most of our classes are in java, aside from some of the other classes like compilers and etc. if possible i do what i need to be done on Python but im learning perl this semester also. I haven't messed with c++ a whole lot do to its similarity with java. I feel like if i sat down and needed to do something i'd be familiar enough to be able to do it.
Python is a great language. Python and Java are actually both great work-ready languages that can get you hired.
I'm not too sure about Perl though.
Just add some web background to your 2 languages and you'll definitely get a job over the next 5 years, just remember to improve your skills all the time though.