[pedalpete]

Forget about the technology. What are you interested in? Why do you want to "break into software engineering"?

Is Blockchain or Crypto of interest? Go for Solidity. Do you want to code for embedded hardware? C++ (or you can start with Arduino or something and work your way up). AI Data-rangling and ML/AI? Python is a good place to start.

Rather than pick the technology, focus on what you want to do.

The nice thing about starting with web dev is that it's a nice starting point. You can build an interface and get people playing with it, and enjoy that process. Then you can build a back-end and learn what that's all about. You can keep adding areas that interest you.

You're not going to get into Software Engineering without knowing how to code first, which means you've got your own path to create. I did it, but that was back in the day when you could just open the console and often play with the little bit of JS that was on the page. It was much easier to understand what was happening back then.

Good luck.