Learning Java...

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Hi Kelly,I wholeheartedly believe that it is possible to become knowledgable in Javawithin six months, as long as you're willing to devote the necessary time.I began learning Java last year in an intensive 9 month program in Canadathat covers Visual Basic, Java, Oracle, some networking, html, etc. The Javaportion was only 6 weeks and although intensive gave me a good basis to furthermy learning. By November of last year I was facilitating a Java course ata technical college (only 4 months after I began learning it myself). NowI work as a developer using java in NYC.If you're interesting in learning more I'd recommend books like Deitel &Deitel's "Java How to Program" (excellent for experiential learning) and"Core Java" by Horstmann & Cornell (a good all-around reference). Sun's javasite (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://java.sun.com">http://java.sun.com</a><!-- m -->) has everything you need to get started plus sometutorials you might find useful.As for additional technologies, I think Dun was right. It seems the key inthe IT world is diversity and an eagerness to learn new concepts (always).I've found Java to be in high demand especially for web technologies likeJSPs and connecting to back-end databases. However I've also found that ActiveServer Pages (ASPs) which use VB Script are as highly demanded and for abeginner, easier to learn. I'd consider going down that road as well. GoodLuck!