[FrankJ]

With the way things move in the computer world.... I can just about guarantee the programming tool you learn in high school will not be the one you use through out your career. In terms of learning the logic of programming any of the programming languages work. The rest is just syntax & pointers.

In the industrial world. You will have to learn whatever programming tool the machines in your plant are using. When you change jobs as most of you will, you likely will be learning another tool.