Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Third Edition

From Beginner to Guru

As you can see, your own computer training should not stop. The computer industry changes rapidly. The skills you have today can be obsolete in five years, so part of your job is to continue your own training. It is incumbent upon you to stay up with current trends if you want to secure your computer position in the future.

INDUSTRY STANDARDS Not every new breakthrough in computer hardware and software becomes an industry standard. You do not have to be on the “bleeding edge” of technology (a programmer's pun describing very new and unproved technology), learning everything there is to learn. You do not even have to be on the leading edge of computer programming innovations. For instance, object-oriented programming is ...