What programming language is the most useful for a Network Engineer to know?

Question

I'm entering the networking field and its been a while since I've worked with any language.

I figured I might as well start from the beginning with a language that fits the field. What programming language is the most useful for a Network Engineer to know?

Answer 1

Meh, it's more the networking knowledge than a particular language. I don't see any advantage you get in choosing one language over another.



One obvious choice is C, since it's relatively simple to learn and leaves low-level networking libraries there for you to play with yourself.



If you want an industry standard, pick Java, but it won't prove so useful if you're wanting to stomp out your own ICMP traffic.

Answer 2

Internships almost all (I have never seen one otherwise) require you be either ready for your junior or senior year on college - It does not sound like you are an early entry to college just knowledgeable in computers - this alone will likely not be enough - also you age is a HUGE issue. Work restrictions on 15 year olds are VERY strict and most employers find them almost Too much of the bother as 16 year olds have much more flexibility

Answer 3

I like Visual Basic but a good networker knows the basics of as many languages as possible so i would learn VB (Visual Basic) then look into c+, & Java those are the main ones

Answer 4

Perl, the universal language. If you can't do it in Perl, it can't be done.