YOUR FUTURE AS A PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMER

This lesson begins with a short but important discussion of where programming might fit into your future. Many programming discussion group postings read something similar to: "Okay, I have gotten pretty good at programming in (C, C++, C#, Java, Python, whatever); now where can I get a job?" Knowing only a single programming language may get you a position as a trainee, but the most interesting jobs require competence in additional fields.

Computing is such an integral part of society that there are many people who program daily but don't consider themselves programmers. Being able to write a program to assist them in their real work is simply part of their total professional competence. You should regard programming ability in some language or languages as just part of your total package.

Now, onward to your future with programming. Because this is the last lesson, it will offer many links for you to get more information. Please feel free to jump out to those links anytime.