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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c-cat,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,alt.syntax.tactical,comp.lang.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!hqda-ai!grant From: grant@pentagon-ai.army.mil (Pete Grant) Subject: Re: Beginner looking for advice. Message-ID: <DE3Jzu.CsF@pentagon-ai.army.mil> Organization: U.S. Army Artificial Intelligence Center, The Pentagon References: <41m918$jkf@nova.umuc.edu> <macgremd-290895162327@ck5121gm45b.open.ac.uk> <41vgj7$k78@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 23:59:54 GMT Lines: 21 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au misc.jobs.offered:196164 comp.lang.c:110934 comp.lang.c++:121381 comp.object:30945 comp.lang.eiffel:9010 alt.syntax.tactical:925 comp.lang.misc:17140 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:141 In article <41vgj7$k78@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> theaxiom@ix.netcom.com (Michael Herried ) writes: > I'm about as new as you can getin programming. I have just started >my C for Dummies book. I hope to excel far beyond that, but this is it >so far. I was told to learn C then C++ as they are supposedly the >money makers. Is this true? If not, what do I really want to learn You sound like you are only concerned about how much programmers earn. I hope that's not so because if it is, you won't make it. You have to like this stuff or you're better off doing something else. >then. I will be taking a vocational course on programming soon, but >they dont focus much on C at all. Any hints or suggestions? Thanks in >advance. Yes, take a college course or two instead. They teach C around here, in both universities and community colleges. C++ is a bit harder to find, but not impossible. Pete.