Brian - 

Oracle DBAs seem to be in great demand.  Dollars are good too.

Lots of jobs for VB .NET programmers, but they pay only slightly more than
flipping burgers at McDonalds.

C++ jobs are out there and pay well, but it's the old problem of how do you
become an "experienced" C++ programmer if you can't get a job as one and all
the jobs require experience. I also find C++ programming extremely
frustrating because it's VERY hard to do it "right".

Assembly language - haven't seen much out there calling for this skill set.

Good luck as you try to acquire some new skills.

Regards.

Glenn Mitchell
3GM Associates, Inc

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All:

Been down the "rock star" many years hence. Even if you are the  most
talented, the chances of making a living out of it, such as getting signed
up by a record company are slim to none....
 
Guys like John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and so on
were three individuals who got very lucky indeed.
 
On a more serious note, I would like to ask all of you who read this
posting, what is the viability of this list of classes I am about to embark
on starting up in January --
 
Oracle
VB Net
C++
Assembly Language
 
Are they really worth my while or am I just kidding myself on ?
 
Brian Donaldson.

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