| re: Total Newbee needs advice on programming
> I have no knowledge whatsoever about programming but am keen to learn. I[color=blue]
> want to learn a language which i can perhaps earn a few pennys with in
> my spare time.[/color]
Well, if you look at the current job reqs, you might be surprised at just
how hard it is to make a penny with programming languages of any sort.
-Employer- Seeking entry level employee with 4 year degree plus 4 years
experience for minimum wage.
Not to mention that whole India / H-1B issue. The main issue with work
that could be performed by anyone anywhere, is that you are in competition
with everyone everywhere. The new "global" economy as it were. Well,
anyone in this case is limited to those who can read, write, and some
typing of sorts.
But to answer the question, it is unlikely you'll find a job req with only
ONE language requirement. If you're gonna do javascript, you most likely
need html as well. And perl and cgi-bin methodologies might also apply.
Along with php, python, sql, and a variety of other parts to make a whole.
You might just think you're doing a "website", but they're wanting an
order entry, distribution, accounting, discussion forum, etc. system(s),
which are fully automated and they wanted it yesterday.
Even with just C, you'll need to know several other things before you can
really do anything. At least for money. Not many people/employers care
for dos based or ncurses type interfaces much these days. And there's
only so much batch processing one can do before you automate yourself out
of work over and over again.
Shadow_7
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