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I wish I had learned C++, personally. A number of the places I was hoping to work for required many years experience in it. Like or hate the language, it's used frequently. Or at least it was.

Some other things I wish I had done/learned: * working with external libraries in C * working in groups on LARGE projects

Something I did learn through extracurricular activities, not school work for the most part: * SOLVING PROBLEMS!!! UVa, TopCoder, Google Code Jam, ACM Programming Contest. Learn how to take a given problem and convert it into code.




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