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		dpritchett on June 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 10000 things all CS students should do before grad... Wouldn't C# and Java be the two obvious choices for employability? Neither seems to show much sign of slowing down at the enterprise level, where there are huge numbers of jobs. Edit: I live 1800 mi. from the Valley.

KirinDave on June 24, 2011 [–]

I did say a big-iron language, did I not? Java and C# are certainly valid.

But, for example, it's not unreasonable at all for you to be expected to know how to set up and use Redis, even at a Big Company™.

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