Computer Programming

[Sewer Socialist]

I think I am going to go to community college (for free) to learn programming so I don't have to keep doing manual labor and make more money. I know some C from one cold winter when i was 13 and taught it to myself out of my dad's college textbook, and I know some C++ from high school. I can take classes in it, but I thought I'd ask if those languages are actually a good choice for finding employment compared to other languages.

Also, most job listings for those languages wants a bachelor's degree, but is it the kind of thing where if I know the right people, I don't need that?

[Redistribute the Rep]

I know Java from a high school class and I picked up objective C myself from making some games. Well I don't have a job in the field but I published the games commercially and they don't really make any money. Then again, I only told a couple friends about them and never marketed. But if you do have a way to market it efficiently then it might make a decent amount of cash while your in school or looking for a job.

[BIXX]

^^^
I'll play your games and give you internet rep for payment

[Redistribute the Rep]

They're not up atm since I have to pay a yearly fee to keep them on the App Store. I could put them back on but I don't really feel like paying again unless it seems like I will make the money back

Eta: feel free to rep me anyway though

[BIXX]

They're not up atm since I have to pay a yearly fee to keep them on the App Store. I could put them back on but I don't really feel like paying again unless it seems like I will make the money back
Oh yea that's reasonable.

[Armchair Partisan]

I'm a computer engineering student. From what I've heard, Java is pretty good, as is C# if you plan to go professional. C++ is used here and there, and C is mostly used in small embedded systems. I have no idea how useful all this is since I'm in Hungary and not in America, thus conditions are somewhat different.

[cyu]

C and C++ should be core I think. C is older, C++ is the updated version. Both Java and C# are a lot like C++, and if you got hired by a company that uses either Java or C#, you can probably pick them up pretty fast if your C++ is good.

You might also take a look at the code of some of your favorite open-source programs. See what they are written in, just to get a general sense of what people use in popular stuff these days.