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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!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!molienergy!janr From: janr@molienergy.bc.ca (Jan Reimers) Subject: Re: Beginner looking for advice. Message-ID: <1995Aug30.201919.23162@molienergy.bc.ca> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 95 20:19:19 GMT References: <41m918$jkf@nova.umuc.edu> <macgremd-290895162327@ck5121gm45b.open. <4201tp$doc@crl14.crl.com> Organization: Moli Energy 1990 Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., CANADA Lines: 34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au misc.jobs.offered:197465 comp.lang.c:111159 comp.lang.c++:121684 comp.object:31039 comp.lang.eiffel:9034 alt.syntax.tactical:929 comp.lang.misc:17164 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:145 In article <4201tp$doc@crl14.crl.com> gherlein@crl.com (Greg Herlein) writes: >ac.uk> <41vgj7$k78@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>: >Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] >Distribution: > >Michael Herried (theaxiom@ix.netcom.com) wrote: >: 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 >: 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. > >What kind of programming would you like to do? Application programming >is likely to be a very big employer well into the future - C and C++ will >do you well there. Systems programming uses C to a very very large >degree... though there may be a shift to C++. > >If you get skilled in C/C++ you will be employable, especially if you try >to learn other software engineering topics. I would be happy if that were true. But it seems that 90% of the programming job postings that I see, have "Experience with Microsoft Foundation classes" or something else about Visual C++, is required. It is unfortunate that these employers give less weight to good C++/OOD skills. -- +--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Jan N. Reimers, Research Scientist | Sorry, Don't have time to write the | | Moli Energy (1990) Ltd. B.C. Canada | usual clever stuff in this spot. | | janr@molienergy.bc.ca | |