[laumars]

Sounds like you’ve already done a fair amount of homework yourself. Threads like these are often just an excuse for people to preach their own personal preference so I think your should use your own experiences and future projects to guide you.

But if you’re really after a recommendation, then I’d suggest either go for a functional language (like a LISP, Scala, OCaml, etc) or a low level systems languages (like Zig or Rust). Or even one that overlaps with both domains?

It really does just depend on what you want to do next though. Nobody else can tell you that.

[blueslurpee]

Thanks a lot. The general hope of the question, was in that there may be people like me on HN who had a similar itch at around year 2-5 in their career.

In general, it's a low-risk decision, because it's only for personal enrichment. But time is precious at the moment and it would be quite a good bit of fun to hear from some people that simply ~love~ their language.

I know, I know.. questions like this can sometimes lack rigour and lead to a simple cheerleading fest, but I was hoping for a relatively lighthearted thread.

I am also convinced this is not an isolated feeling on my part, what I mean by that is, I'm sure this is a relatively common phenomenon among younger engineers who enjoy CS in and of itself, and I would be very interested in hearing what they have to say.

Thanks for the Zig recommendation!