Software i am fairly good at and have been using for a couple years
Photoshop 6.0 (too lazy to get 7.0, really don't care)
Adobe Illustrator 9
Programs i have just started about a year ago..
3ds Max <- very hard 3d modelling & texturing program, people goto college on it, i doubt i will i just like the challenge,
Rhino 3d <- allot easier to model 3d in this program, more user friendly than 3ds max.,.. not a good render, i use 3ds max to render. , Macromedia Flash 5 <- we all know what this program does
peace.