Must learn prog. languages for electronics/embedded/VLSI career: C/C++, VHDL, Verilog, and Java

When it comes to programming embedded software, C/C++ remains the most popular. The popularity seems to be growing further extending into even chip programming. In today's world, if electronics engineer doesn't know C programming in depth, that's going to be severe handicap in most of the areas except in power electronics. Even in power electronics embedded microcontroller is playing increasingly important role in digital control of power, sooner programming skills may become necessity in power electronics. When it comes to microcontroller programming, assembly language is no more relevant except for 8051 basic programs or such low-end 8-bit microcontroller programs. C/C++ language is near hundred percent used in 32 bit MCU programming. ARM processor core knowledge and C language is becoming important factor in EE's career. In many situations, very good programming skills in C and C++ language alone can get you a job even if you don't know much of the electronics. But it's a serious career risk to depend on the programming language skills alone. There was a time in early 90s in Bangalore city, electronics and related engineers with programming skills in C language alone can get you a job in multinational companies. C language proficiency was an important factor for candidates to get selected in companies such as Texas Instruments, when it had started operations in Ban...