You seem to be on the right track, although learning C and C++ at the same time can be quite a daunting task. What I'd do is learn C first (as that's the base) and then go to C++ to learn the differences and whatnot. My C++ is limited as we write everything in C here, but also I like to use a lot of perl (www.perl.com) which is ABSOLUTELY GREAT for text manipulation (something which c/c++ sucks at) and db calls. Best of luck to ya!
