[cstreit]

Meh. The language isn't as important as the industry. New languages are easy to learn, picking a profitable and progressive software industry that won't turn you into a mind-numbed drooling pale basement dwelling green-screen coder is the trick.

Unfortunately it usually takes a few years as one of the above to get a job that's really worth working at. I'd tell him to do a few years of penance in an SAP/Oracle/Accenture/etc. job, get the salary up, then go look to do it for someone interesting.