so i have 1 week to learn at least two of the following to an

You have no chance.

>>59918254
worth a try though. it's between this and losing my job, so i'm not going to just lie back and give up.

>>59918236
Java and C# are similar enough, maybe that's your best bet.

"I lied on my resume"

>>59918267
Thanks, i was leaning towards those aswell. i'll give em a try

>>59918274
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Follow this step by step plan and you will be able to do it!

>>59918274
no, i'm a UAT software test engineer. my job doesn't require me to know any coding at all. but company is downsizing, and moving towards devs and business analysts doing their own UAT, so i have to move into either business analysis or development.

>>59918236
C# and SQL. They go well together, and SQL is fairly easy, especially with C# and its LINQ (language integrated queries)

I still think you're in deep shit, but with these two you have a chance.

>>59918293
this kind of stuff is just stupid my man

i can fake my way into getting a job as a c programmer by talking about how similar it is to c++ and how i use c++ all the time and whatever, but then at the end of the day im stuck at a shitty (probably) embedded systems job writing shitty c code

you're setting yourself up to fail or be unhappy if you fake your qualifications just to be adequate, i dont suggest doing this unless you really need money or you actually want to learn programming

>>59918318
well it is temporary. job market is harsh in my country at the moment, mostly because the market is flooded with indian imports, so i'll just be sticking around in this company until i can get something else, which may be a couple of years. i came from welding, and can't go back due to injuries sustained, but if push comes to shove, i can do it privately to get by. in the meantime though, doesn't hurt to self-improve and try to move forward in life

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>>59918354
start looking for a good book and hit it hard,
Learn C the hard way is often recommended but your best bet is figuring out what you are more interested in and hitting the books hard.

>>59918427
DESU since i started looking into C# i found it kinda fun. think i'm gonna be taking this coding thing seriously.

also, is this the book you're talking about?

https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Hard-Way-Practical-Computational/dp/0321884922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492342981&sr=8-1&keywords=learn+c+the+hard+way

You're boned mate. Good luck in the job market.

>>59918236
1 week?
You can't even learn anything in 1 week to say you "know" any language.
Stop saying you know a language when you can't even write a simple program in it.