I thought if I was ever going to be successful at programming, I needed to learn a whole bunch of languages. Now I think that a language is only as good as the

I thought if I was ever going to be successful at programming, I needed to learn a whole bunch of languages. Now I think that a language is only as good as the person writing in it. Learn algorithms and logic, and read code that other people have written, in all languages. Let it influence you. When it comes time to pick a language for a project, you'll be prepared to write it in the language that fits it best. Of course, I've only been programming for 4 years, so feel free to reach for the salt :)