I have an acquaintance who’s going back to college at age 34 for a degree in computer science/programming. He has to choose between studying C++ or Visual Basic when he starts out. Neither option mentions C# or .Net. He asked for my opinion on which to choose. After graduation, he hopes to get an entry-level programming job in Pennsylvania. He’s not picky about what he’d take, but he does have interests in auto engineering (not really happening here as far as I know) and video game design.
I do end-user training, not software development of any kind, so I don’t have a good answer for him. But, I know someone here will have better insight. What do you think? Should he focus on C++ or Visual Basic at this time, since he can only choose one right now?
Thank you in advance!
