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Peril of Java Programming School
Blub Programmer

So you want to be a computer programmer...
Ok, first, choose your first language to learn, most modern programming language has powerful features yet easy to learn, like good old Basic with its modern incarnation ( Visual Basic, or Gambas in Linux world )
for the daring souls, try choose Pascal, C, C++,C# or Java as your first language, and if you can survive, then you're on the way to become a true Jedi ( hehehe... )
for those who really, really want to make money fast from programming, try web programming... PHP will be a nice choice for a start... the syntax is much like C, and if you can get into advanced PHP then you can easily start learn C.. although this learning path ( PHP to C ) is not recomended in formal school for computer science and the fact that C is the first language to learn there, but hey, I ain't talking about taking programming school here ...
For those adrenaline junkie, choose Assembly, not really sure if chicks love it if you say "I like extreme sports, I program in Assembly"...
Anyway, for any language you have choosen, keep in mind that there's no ultimate language that can solve all problems.
Another rule of thumb is : Good programmer must learn another language at least one new language a year...
Happy coding :)