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As a computer science major this doesn't worry me at all. Learning the fundamentals, the theory, and the overall science leads me to believe we will be just fine on the market.

As an intern I use PHP on a day to day basis. At school classes have been fairly language agnostic, switching from C++, C#, Java, PHP, and others. I have classes that force you to do all your work in the terminal, and some that allow you to use powerful IDEs. Furthermore, I have classes that you rarely even touch a computer (Algorithms, which should be more aptly named Algorithms II since Algorithms & Data Structures is a pre-req).

In my experience, switching tools/languages/frameworks isn't as hindering as lacking core engineering skills.



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