<p>Given what you said that you have already learned and planned to study, I would recommend a scripting language like Perl or Python.</p>
<p>Same ^ Python would be very useful to you.</p>
<p>I agree with @Cosmicfish, I have mentioned this before but others have voiced objection . Any time you deal with Fortran, you deal with legacy code, that means old stuff. You want to be forward thinking, google some of the jobs site like Indeed(?) to find out what skills set most employers looking for. Learn a scripting language like Perl or Python is much better use of time. Listen to your parent for a change. 
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<p>Change of plans. A professor told me that I have to be proficient with C++ in 1-3 weeks if I want a research position at her laboratory.</p>
<p>Most people I know who program for a living (myself included) took 1-3 YEARS to become proficient in C++ when we made the switch back around early 2000’s… Not 1-3 weeks. And these were experienced coders working on embedded stuff, not vanilla flavored payroll/AR/inventory coders…</p>
<p>Sorry to bump this thread, but my professor decided to have me program in C.</p>
<p>I know C is used for embedded computers due to its low level programming and small code/compiler, but what else is it used for?</p>
<p>anything. It’s not just for embedded systems, contrary to popular (?) belief. </p>
<p>Straight C (i.e. no C++) is kind of uncommon those days and could suggest an embedded / real time environment, but in general it’s about the most common language you can find. So take it and run!</p>