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		seunosewa on April 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software Engineers Will Work One Day For English M... You started out with the hardest programming language in common use. Bad idea. Start with Python and grow from there.

xenithorb on April 23, 2012 [–]

I initially did start out with Zed Shaw's book when I got out, but I was inevitably channeled into C++ because that's all colleges teach here. I guess they're a bit behind the power-curve, as always.

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