Subj : Re: What things should successful programmers-to-be learn right now? To : comp.programming From : wee Date : Wed Jul 27 2005 09:15 am So, it sounds like you're coming from an embedded background mostly. That's fine, but I would call that a somewhat-narrow POV also because that's not all of the programming that's going on out there. Remember what Rick D. asked: > What are the most important things successful programmers-to-be should > learn right now, to have a shot at a great career ? There are "great" careers in many programming fields, depending on whether he was defining "great" as an easy job that pays (web), or intellectually challenging (embedded, assembler, mathematical, etc.). .