Re: Looking for opinions on education

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Absolutely there's lots of good stuff to learn. My (personal) laptop has M.E.A.N, Java, C++, MonoDevelop and probably other things I've forgotten.

Just so this isn't all just jibberish:

MEAN refers to a "technology stack" consisting of MongoDB, ExpressJS,
AngularJS, and Node.js:

<http://www.infoworld.com/article/2937159/application-development/mean-vs-lamp-your-next-programming-project.html>

Now that people know what the acronym stands for, the components can
be Googled more easily. (Searching for "what does mean mean" can give
less than helpful results. ;)

Incidentally, while I did say there are practically no bad choices,
and I still stand by that, I would not personally recommend C++ for
anyone who is in a position to ask "what should I be learning now?".
It's an extremely powerful language, and very rewarding to master, but
it's hard. And the kinds of things it is typically used for are pretty
hard-core. If C++ is the language for you, you probably know it
already and don't need us to give you any guidance.

John Y.