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Re:I came to the Silicon Valley to get an internship. Now what? by eshvk on Thursday December 19, 2013 @04:04AM (#6933590)
> Also, I'm a bit confused as to what kind of role you're looking for. You experience with Java/C++ leads me to slot you into a systems developer position.

Isn't Java/C++ one of those first OOPs languages that undergrad computer science students study?

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Re:I came to the Silicon Valley to get an internship. Now what? by argonaut on Saturday December 21, 2013 @10:52PM (#6949260)
Yes. But it's only used in industry for building what would best be described as systems or lower-level applications: Operating systems, desktop applications, compilers, game engines, some web backend services, etc.
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