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Discussion on: Q: As a #CodeNewbie, what programming language do you want to learn - and why?

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Chadwin Deysel

There's only one right answer and that's the language that you'll get work with. At the end of the day it's not about what you use or how you feel about a certain language, it's about solving problems and turning business requirements into solutions.

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Nitya Narasimhan, Ph.D

Thank you for this!! And yes, I do agree on aligning your learning to the work your are doing if you are already in the tech industry.

What would you advise a beginner or career changer who might be thinking of starting a developer journey into tech? Is there a particular language or target domain that makes more sense for their first foray into programming?

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Chadwin Deysel

For first timers, I'd say any major OOP such as Python (always preferred because it's simple syntax and it's eco-system) and SQL are must learn languages.