My understanding of the situation with Fortran is that it can do a fairly small subset of what computer programs do, but what it does do it does very well. That kind of leads to employers who aren't from that background not knowing what its about. Employers who do know what its about fear that you won't be able to do anything other than number crunching, which isn't that useful to them.
I've heard that SVL works well for what we do, but it is even narrower in terms of userbase and functionality than Fortran, I figure that's something I can certainly pick up if and when I need it. C++ seems so messy, but it also seems to be some sort of gold standard for object oriented code. I have an interview today at Daresbury, hopefully I'll get the job and that will give me the motivation to get over the line.
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I have an interview today at Daresbury, hopefully I'll get the job and that will give me the motivation to get over the line.
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