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<blockquote data-quote="kel" data-source="post: 359072" data-attributes="member: 17197">Not really, unnecessary in any event, and neither is a good idea for getting off the ground. C isn&#039;t going anywhere, but it&#039;s not the hot language and it requires more discipline and fiddling than higher-level languages. I hate python and ruby and shit, but the simple fact is if your goal is to get a job (as you indicated in the other thread) you should learn a marketable, easy to learn, forgiving language like Python and focus on the skills, tools, and libraries startups are using.I hate giving the above advice, because it&#039;ll turn you into the exact person I hate dealing with at work and have little respect for, but on an individual level it&#039;s good advice. I hope you&#039;ll continue your education, get more rigorous and really learn the art of crafting good software, but the shortest path from where you are to a high-paying job is taking a few weeks to learn practical python (first the fundamentals then the tools, learn django or whatever the popular server framework is now) and then trying to get a job where you can continue learning on-the-clock and build your resume.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kel, post: 359072, member: 17197"] Not really, unnecessary in any event, and neither is a good idea for getting off the ground. C isn't going anywhere, but it's not the hot language and it requires more discipline and fiddling than higher-level languages. I hate python and ruby and shit, but the simple fact is if your goal is to get a job (as you indicated in the other thread) you should learn a marketable, easy to learn, forgiving language like Python and focus on the skills, tools, and libraries startups are using. I hate giving the above advice, because it'll turn you into the exact person I hate dealing with at work and have little respect for, but on an individual level it's good advice. I hope you'll continue your education, get more rigorous and really learn the art of crafting good software, but the shortest path from where you are to a high-paying job is taking a few weeks to learn practical python (first the fundamentals then the tools, learn django or whatever the popular server framework is now) and then trying to get a job where you can continue learning on-the-clock and build your resume. [/QUOTE]

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