These days, at least here in Dallas, the tech pickings are rather slim.
HTML and Javascript will get you a nice job - as a waiter. You will need to
know Unix, Linux, TCP/IP, and C++ in order to be considered really
employable.
Wait 6 months or so and I think that things will turn around. If you use
the 6 months to study and learn, you should be ready when the market is.
I'd also mention that most of Windows is actually written in C++.
Just my 2 cents.
Chris Jackson <c_jax@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> 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.