What Programming Programming Language should a Computer Science Student must learn

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During my college I studied C/C++, C#.Net and ASP.Net. Now one my friend suggested me to learn Python & MATLAB also. He wasn't much specific why to learn these languages, He said it would be helpful to get a job with these languages. I've also seen lots of good resume, mostly they have Python (Scripting Language), MATLAB, Perl, Ruby etc. I've to appear for interviews in 3 months, So please guide me what should I do.

Posted 16-Feb-15 5:00am

Atinesh

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PIEBALDconsult 16-Feb-15 11:16am

Colleges don't teach COBOL and Fortran anymore? What is this old world coming to?
Don't try to learn a new language in three months and then try to pass yourself off as proficient in it.
Focus on the strengths of what you _do_ know.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-02-16T05:07:00

Three months?
Focus on what you do know, and make sure that you are as competent as possible in that / those languages.

If all you have done is "college work" then you probably "know" the languages, but you probably aren't used to using them for anything much larger than "this week's homework" - so try some bigger, more complex projects. That will stretch what you know and make you more competent in a more focus area.

Three months isn't long: and while an experienced developer can pick up a language in a week pretty easily, learning a whole new framework takes a lot, lot longer - and for a beginner there is an even steeper learning curve.

I wouldn't try to learn a new language until you are solid as a rock in all aspects of the existing ones you are likely to meet in the "real world": databases, frameworks, debugging, and design.

Others may have different opinions.