Best Languages to Learn?

I've read that one should pick languages for he wants to do. Are there just like, a few languages, that when learned, would cover pretty much every job?

I'm a programming nub. I've just turned seventeen and I'm only halfway through a high-school Java course. >.>

>>23
Programming is not just about "getting a job", moron. If you want to get a job fast, learn Cobol and Java, and fuck your life by hating your job for the rest of it and being a mediocre programmer at best. Read:

http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html