I am in a fix what skill set I must choose to be safe as far as job openings are concerned.
> 1) C/C++ and Python. > 2) Java and Python. > 3) Pure Python.
As for pure employability, I'd choose option 2, but as a person that wants something more than employment from my work life, I'd like to share something with you:
A while ago I decided that to be happy I had to decide what I wanted, *really* go after those things, and believe that the rewards would follow. For me Python had a big part to play in that, so I recently started looking for a new job, even though I already had one that was promising and secure. It also meant being willing to move myself and my family far from or home, friends, and other family members to take that new job.
If we were willing to make big changes (and the accompanying sacrifices), we were going to make the most of it: I wouldn't accept anything but the right job, at the right company, with the right environment where they really needed *me*. I spent hours researching openings and companies and sent out many resumes with the hopes of finding that *one* job. Two weeks later, I was fortunate enough to begin talks with *two* very interested (and more importantly, interesting) companies.
I've been at my new job (in a new house, in a new city) for about six weeks now. It's not perfect (nothing is), but I'm enjoying the job, like the people I work with, and the area we live in. We made the right choice. Go after what you really want, and you will too.
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Benji York
Sr. Software Engineer
Zope Corporation
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