Articles like this always bother me. They're link bait and serve no place on HN. If you want to be a career programmer, than sure. Learn SQL and be done. Learn

Articles like this always bother me. They're link bait and serve no place on HN. If you want to be a career programmer, than sure. Learn SQL and be done. Learn Java and be done. Being a career programmer is _boring_. Sure, it pays the rent, but it's a horrible way to live. There's more to software than learning one language and being done with it. Good developers use the right tool for the job, whether that be C++ or Ruby. Good developers also tend to make the highest salaries (hint hint).