[ExI] sick man of the internet?

[Anders Sandberg]

BillK <pharos at gmail.com> , 21/5/2014 10:27 PM:
Employers want Java skills more than anything else 
IT job site Dice.com says that by a wide margin, the top search by 
employers is for Java/J2EE 
<http://www.infoworld.com/t/java-programming/employers-want-java-skills-more-anything-else-242925> 
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Of course this will probably have changed by the time your son is 
seeking employment. 
Computers will be programming themselves by then.  ;) 
Re-reading Vinge's "Fast times at Fairmont High" might give some ideas of the benefit. Java may be the Regna 5 of programming languages, but learning how to learn a language is always useful. 


Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University
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