Just answered something similar in the blitz3d forum (maybe that will get moved here).
Blitzmax will not get you job. (99% of the time mentioning it will probably kill your interview, the other 1% it may be what lands the job though - most interviewers would not know what blitzmax is and from the title would not be impressed)
Steps to take
1 - Decide what industry you want to work in.
2 - Decide what language sets. The two biggest paths right now are either the Java path or the Microsoft path. Up and coming is the LAMPS (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP, etc..)
You can go with learning more then one language set, but hiring managers generally don't believe that someone is REALLY experienced in more then one at a time.
As for the industry bit - more and more companies are going to look for people with practical industry experience in addition to programming, so getting education in a field other then just programming is helpful.
Blitzmax will not get you job. (99% of the time mentioning it will probably kill your interview, the other 1% it may be what lands the job though - most interviewers would not know what blitzmax is and from the title would not be impressed)
Steps to take
1 - Decide what industry you want to work in.
2 - Decide what language sets. The two biggest paths right now are either the Java path or the Microsoft path. Up and coming is the LAMPS (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP, etc..)
You can go with learning more then one language set, but hiring managers generally don't believe that someone is REALLY experienced in more then one at a time.
As for the industry bit - more and more companies are going to look for people with practical industry experience in addition to programming, so getting education in a field other then just programming is helpful.