Future

Scheme(SICP) -> Haskell(_____) -> C(K&R, _____) -> ________

Fill in the blanks to plan my future so I am prepared for serious programming studying (college).

I don't give two thirds of a rat's ass about what magazines or retards say, and what consulting firms do. They want to torture themselves with shit languages? Let them be, but I sure as hell won't be working for them.

Enjoy your unemployment, kid. You can sit here on /prog/ screaming with your hands over your ears, or you can accept reality that this is what people use, and it's not likely going to change.

As I said, Enterprise Java and .NET has reached a state of ubiquity that it's not going to change anytime soon.

Enjoy your toy languages whilst us grown-ups do real work.