Java is most common, followed by c, c++, c#

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best of luck m8

language depends on the task. The language is less important than the concepts that you'll learn. Learn at least one object oriented language (e.g Java or C++) and learn at least one scripting language (e.g. Python or JavaScript) and you'll be prepared for entry level positions. And if you learn what unit testing is and how to do it before you graduate that'll put you FAR ahead of the average graduate. So strongly consider learning and applying the concept of Test Driven Development before graduation as well.

You want to have people shower you with job offers? Consider becoming a Software Development Engineer in Test. It's an incredibly in-demand job right now, and most programmers don't want to work in Test positions

Another alternative is DevOps and Release Engineering. Scripting languages are more important in these types of roles (e.g. Bash and Python). Release Engineers are also relatively in-demand. Other concepts to learn include virtualization in general (VMware is the 800 pound gorilla here), Containers (read: Docker), public clouds (AWS and Azure) and deployment tools (Puppet or Chef are popular right now).

The last piece of advice I have is that you should definitely focus on getting an internship before you graduate. There's nothing worse than trying to teach a full-time employee how to stop writing code as if they're writing a project. I swear to god, if I have to read one more code review where someone does this:



I'm going to sudo rm -rf /

Real men program in C/C++, its true

oh god. my coworker was repurposed to Dev Ops for a few months since he had the most architecture experience. he hated it. he was trying to get Grey Log to work in a cluster within docker, and it simply wouldn't work. it's a ton of documentation / configuration, and personally i hate it. i'd much rather write code.

I agree with you -- it's not for me either, but it can be a lucrative career path. I'm the de facto Release Engineer right now where I'm working because the only other person that truly understands how the software is built and shipped is one of the company Vice Presidents (when I started here the R&D team was ~15-20, now it's ~80-90)

Oh yeah, and obviously the one I left out -- Security Engineering! Man, if you're a security specialist (i.e. penetration testing, seeking out common exploits/vulnerabilities in software, identifying insecure libraries and operating systems etc) you can make a killing. Those are EXTREMELY well-paid. They're usually consultants, but you can probably pull down a salary of $150k per year in that field more quickly than you can most other ones, simply because there are so few people that actually are in that field.

security professionals (threat modeling etc) are also one of the most volatile careers.

Source: the top security guy @ Express Scripts was my Advanced Security professor my last semester of college. We got to hear many fun stories about people he previously worked with...

I'm on my cell phone so I'm gonna keep this post short but my original intent was some kind of cyber security'