yea vb is pretty great. Once i get around my lazyness i will probably learn that formally out of some book or something...not just bits and pieces off of some internet site. VB is well paying, C++ is well paying...java is up and coming it seems like. If you want to be a linux programmer though VB is pointless but for windows VB is probably the BEST language.

if ur going linux i'd know:
assembly
c++
perl

if ur going windows:
assembly
c++
java
VB
perhaps a language u might not have heard of called python (that's a language im working on right now...it's great)

if you're going into some specific fields than other languages are required. Lisp is great for AI. Then if your going internet ull wanna know html, vbscript, php...so on.