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What programming languages should i start learning?
« on: December 10, 2014, 10:17:27 pm »
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So i am fed up with these shitty part time jobs, and i have heard how well payed IT jobs are, more so ones related to coding. I would like one without having to obtain a computer science/software eng degree (is this possible?).
What are some good websites to learn from? Which languages should i do (i only know C right now)? I was touching on a bit of objective C, but am thinking of bailing because i'm not sure if it's useful.
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Re: What programming languages should i start learning?
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2014, 09:54:55 am »
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You might find it really difficult to be truly good at programming if you are doing it for the 'glamour' of a high-paying job. Often to be good at coding, you need to have a genuine passion that you will use to force yourself to FIND what the heck is wrong with the code you've just written as well as be interested by the different ways in which your peers solve the same problem.

HOWEVER! C++ is the programming language that, in my opinion, is most versatile, accessible and probably 'popular' in terms of the bulk of low-level programming.

It's more important that you learn HOW to learn programming though. When you go to work for a big I.T. company, they'll most likely train you on a different, new and flashy code and/or if you're really in it for the money - you can jump the pack and become one of these high-demand programmers just by learning the new, trending code. (The emergence of Ruby and Python were/are examples of this).
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Re: What programming languages should i start learning?
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2014, 11:34:09 am »
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As sparked mentioned, you need to find your passion and let it guide you to whichever type of codes you want to pour your heart and soul into.

I'll just briefly list down the type of codes that I've played around with and what I found them useful for.

HTML/CSS/PHP/JavaScript - Website development
SQL/MySQL - E-Commerce Websites
SQL/C/VBA/MATLAB - Data sorting and analysis
Ruby/RoR(Ruby on Rails)/Python - Scripting and Automation

So far those are the types of languages that I know of reasonably well. As you've probably noticed I haven't program apps/programs before and I'll be working on a project for that over the next couple of months.

So yeah again, as sparky mentioned, it really depends on what you want to do and also which company you want to work for that guides you to which type of language is the more preferred one to pick up. You'll probably find yourself picking up more than one language anyway so be flexible and keep learning!
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