>While I'm looking for another Foxpro contract, what would be the most marketable language for an old coder to learn? I like HTML/Javascript type stuff, but most of my experience is Foxpro. I know this will open up some debate, but I'm really not looking for anything very deep on comparisons and how this one handles strings better than that one; just what do you think would be a good direction to go so I can minimize my time between contracts/jobs.

I think every programmer should at least know one of the bracket languages - C, C++, java, C#.
While not especially easy to learn, you'll get a feel for "the other mindset" which will teach you about the areas of strength of dynamic languages like vfp. The benefit of C is that you can also enhance vfp with it - and almost every large project I worked on benefitted from adding a couple of pages in C - even if only a handful of functions were needed. For large corporations java knowlegde is almost necessary here in europe - you *will* interface with it somewhere communicating with the big iron.

Not knowing how often you worked with a SQL backend:
knowledge there might boost your "vfp portfolio" *and* build on your expirience with vfp.

For a language rivaling vfp's productivity look into python - some smart money working with it but not a wealth of positions to fill.

regards

thomas