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> C knowledge is still way more generally useful than javascript and/or web knowledge "Generally useful" is a vague concept. If you judge by number of job open
by bvaldivielso 5y ago
> C knowledge is still way more generally useful than javascript and/or web knowledge
"Generally useful" is a vague concept. If you judge by number of job openings, you'll probably find JavaScript is more useful. There are probably metrics by which C is more useful.
"Being everywhere" is not necessarily a good measure of the upside one can get by learning it. For example, electronics are also everywhere (more so than C!) but software engineering is generally a better career (measured by income f.i)
- jenscow 5y agoPerhaps the point was, learning C is more of an eye opener than an actual skill. You're going to have to try hard to actually program something in C in the majority of jobs. On the other hand, you'll have to try hard to avoid any C-Based languages. Of course, if someone new to programming asked me "shall i learn JS or C?", I would recommend JS. However, after a few years.. give C a try. Make a throw-away "ls" or something.