Re: Future of RPG: What language would you learn?

The best "bang for your buck" would be PHP or C# (along with HTML and
JavaScript). VB.NET is okay, but most seem to be using C# that I have heard
about. Learning PHP will bring you into what a lot of small businesses seem
to be using, but to me, it seems more corporations are using or switching to
C#/ASP.NET. Learn to write web applications using C# and the HTML and
JavaScript will come with. Better yet, learn ASP.NET MVC, and you will be
forced to learn JavaScript and jQuery in more detail than just Visual
Studio's "standard" web application.

Even with a minimal bases knowledge in Java, I picked up C# pretty quickly
once I delved into it.

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Mike Wills
http://mikewills.info


On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Tom Deskevich <
thomas.l.deskevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I read with interest the thread about the future of RPG.

I would like to throw out a hypothetical question.

You have just been told you have 6 months left with your company as an RPG
programmer.
As part of your severance, you can learn any language you want in that
time, your employer will pay for any software or training costs.
BTW, this is not happening to me.

What language would you learn and why?

I can only make my decision on my past experience, but my first choice
would be VB.NET and/or ASP.NET.
I think I can retain my sanity coding in it and I think there is a future
in it.

I know I only said one, but second would be HTML and Java Script I guess.
Seems to be the most universal language out there right now.
But I wonder what kind of pay you could get. Seems there are a zillion web
programmers out there, from high school kids to off shore for 10 dollars an
hour.

Have a good day.

Tom Deskevich
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