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I read a great article today from Joel Spolsky (the author of Joel on Software) talking about the challenges facing students who learn only Java.
You can read the article yourself at http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html
This made me think about how my own studies had prepared me for programming in the real world, to which I can only conclude that I was left so hopelessly un-prepared as to be frightening! 
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