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Ask HN: Young sprout looking for advice from Wizened Sage

1 points| jrokisky | 12 years ago | reply

Hi! About 4 months ago I got my first tech related job as a software developer at a company that makes BI software. I don't think this situation is the best fit for me. In my spare time I've been studying Haskell, but (with much regret) I'm considering switching to a more widely used language to increase my job prospects.

Some more details: -I live about 50 minutes from NYC. -I'm strongest with Java and don't have much proficiency with anything else

I'm looking for advice. What should I study if I want to increase my marketability JS/RoR/PHP/??

Thanks!!

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[+] wcjr11|12 years ago|reply

Javascript frameworks are really making a lot of headway right now. Javascript, HTML 5 and CSS3 are really important right now. Keep up with Google's Web Components work, shadow DOM, etc because it will be revolutionary. Angular is a great Javascript framework to start getting comfortable with since so people are loving it right now. Good Luck!