[pritambarhate]

In 2001, I learned Java on my own from Java 2 Complete Reference without an Internet Connection. It took more than a month. But I have been building lots of intersting stuff with it since then. I think learning Java was one of the best decisions I ever took.

Great thing about Java is that it lets you solve wide variety of problems, right from Mobile, to Desktop to Big Data. For Machine Learning, Image Processing, some of the best libraries and SDKs are available in Java.

It's a good skill to know which I recommend to all new programmers. One important thing I like about Java is that it's low on features and it's possible to master almost all aspects of the language in relatively short period. This is not possibles with languages like C++, C# and Swift. I think simplicity is one of the reason Java and Go are popular.