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Tim, One addendum to what I said - I am totally not opposed to classes in general - I think that getting some direct programming education is a plus for almost anyone. I'm just saying that if there's a class in one of the languages you're going to be working with, it might be more directly helpful. - Dave On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Cowles, Esme <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Tim- > > As someone who learned to program by myself, I found taking a similar class > very helpful (my circumstances sound the same as yours, except in my case > the language was Java). It gave me a good foundation to learn new > languages, new technologies, etc. The general approach and concepts will be > transferable across languages, though of course the syntax and such will > vary quite a bit. > > -Esme > -- > Esme Cowles <[log in to unmask]> > > "Information wants to be anthropomorphized." -- /. sig > > On 07/26/2011, at 2:54 PM, Lepczyk, Timothy wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I work in a digital library and am transitioning to something more like a > programmer and less like a librarian. My strengths are in xslt and unix, > but I've been working some with php and ruby on rails. I'm trying to learn > as much as I can, and am considering enrolling in an intro to C programming > class (free through my university's night school). > > > > Is this worthwhile, or should I focus my attention elsewhere? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tim Lepczyk >