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by Aqueous 1030 days ago
Don’t pick ‘trending’ - pick something that’s been around for 30 years and growing the entire time. JS and Python check those boxes but also ‘boring’ languages like Java. The best thing about Java is that companies find it solid and predictable, making them more likely to choose it for the long term - and it also connects you to an ecosystem of similar, ‘sexier’ languages that run on the JVM - like Kotlin