I've been making plans for getting my master's in statistics and I want to work on other skills that would help me get a stats job down the line. I know both are in demand, but I'm not sure which is best for me to learn right now. All I have for programming experience is a little bit of Visual Basic and C++ in high school and some Java in undergrad, but I've definitely never gotten far enough with any of these to be very skilled. I'd rather work in an academic setting, which I've heard uses R more, but I think SAS might be easier for me to learn considering the little programming experience I have. I got the free university edition of SAS and found the free first course offered on their site, but then I found out about the whole SAS vs. R debate and I figured I'd ask about it before I invested too much time in learning something I maybe shouldn't bother with. Of course, the ideal would be to learn both, but where should I start?
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