Re: getting some tech skills?

It really depends upon what kind of work you like to do.

For system admin, network engineering, etc. you need scripting like SED AWK, PERL plus O/S commands. To be a programmer you need a language that can be compiled: C, Java. A programmer usually does not need to parse a file table and make changes while a network engineer usually does not need to push values on a stack. To decide which tool (languages really are tools) you need you need to decide what job you want to do.

Generally those who can program business applications will earn the most money but I prefer playing with hardware instead of typing at a workstation all day.

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Larry Holt
Service Engineer

Equant


Chris Jackson wrote:


> 

> Which computer skills are considered to be the most valuable?  I was a

> little overwhelmed when I went to the bookstore and found such a wide

> variety of topics in the computer section.  Visual Basic, C++, Perl,

> Java, Oracle, Linux, Unix, SQL, and many others.  If I want to learn

> computer skills, where should I begin?

> 

> Presently, the only computer knowledge I have is some HTML and a

> little Javascript.  I don't necessarily have any objectives to achieve

> by learning a new computer skill, other than having a little something

> to enhance my resume.  Which computer skills will be most useful for

> me?  Or, I guess a better question would be: how do I determine which

> computer skills would be most useful for me?  I also want to consider

> level of difficilty.  Are any of these considered to be relatively

> easy to learn?

> 

> Chris J.