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- From: smallmac@mindspring.com (Jim McFarland)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: New to C++, Visual C++, or Borland? Please start me off right. Thanks!
- Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 16:30:24 GMT
- Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
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- On 6 Feb 1996 02:09:36 GMT, rainbow@msn.fullfeed.com (kevink) wrote:
-
- >Hi, I am becoming a mainframe dinosaur. I have been a systems analyst and
- >am currently an IMS/DB2 DBA on IBM mainframes. Yuck, I hate it.
- >
- >I am learning Visual Basic and C++ as the start of my transition to
- >client/server and PC platforms.
- >
- >Question: I have the opportunity to buy Visual C++ 4 or Borland C++ 4.5
- >with a student discount (I am taking night courses). Which should I buy,
- >purely from a marketable skill set standpoint?
- >
-
- The are two factors to consider. One is your marketability if you
- gain the skill. The second is your ability to gain the skill to begin
- with. For marketability, knowing either one well is a big plus.
- There are probably more Visual Basic jobs out there, but I may be
- wrong. I myself have done C and C++ my whole career and have never
- had a problem finding work. As for you gaining these skills, not
- knowing more about your programming background (other than the fact
- that you are a DBA now), I would recommend Visual Basic for you.
- Learning C++ is a much tougher project and requires more background
- knowledge and a bigger time commitment.
-
-
- Later...
- Jim
-
- smallmac@mindspring.com
-