Often by the new entrants to consult, want to learn a development language, the best and simple wages and high and promising prospects. The language is the best this topic can quarrel in the programmer's group for an afternoon, so I will not set off a war.
Personal suggestions are as follows:
Salary is not high is not to learn the language, but in your industry. Industry income gap than the language income gap, choose a good industry and food and clothing without worry, have the opportunity to seize.
Technical cows are not the language of learning, but your specialization. Now big companies like this kind of experts, silly sound of the research of a technology for more than 10 years, the leadership does not constitute a threat.
After filling the chicken soup, say something practical. I think the choice of language can choose a new choice of the old, although the C + + PHP Java covers a wide range of, but you can always find in the company of the Mountain Gorilla (Advanced ape) has been specially studied for more than 10 years to occupy this hill, and after you have more than 10 years to find these gorillas have been upgraded to the 20 gorilla. So the choice of a new development language for beginners, we all have the same starting line.
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