Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

#1

Post by xaxaxb » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:44 AM UTC

Preferably for freshers

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

#2

Post by brunooliv » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:47 AM UTC

Python for job orchestration (Airflow) and data science (numpy, scipy, etc) , Java 16+ for the general enterprise, product development, Julia for HPC. C for embedded, C++ for games, highly intensive systems.

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

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Post by omosubi » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:54 AM UTC

Employable by what kind of companies? I'd imagine the following aren't going away anytime soon and will likely be employable for entire careers for many people: JavaScript, java, c#/.net, python, c++, go - basically just find what Enterprise is using and learn those

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

#4

Post by leander1978 » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:11 PM UTC

I am currently digging into Nim. It feels like Python, does some things better, and not very many things worse. It is strongly typed, has method overloading and Macros. Creating objects is much more enjoyable than in Python. foo(a, b) can be written as a.foo(b), and foo(x) can be written as x.foo. The docs are very good.

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

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Post by leander1978 » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:15 PM UTC

leander1978 wrote: post #4

I am currently digging into Nim. It feels like Python, does some things better, and not very many things worse. It is strongly typed, has method overloading and Macros. Creating objects is much more enjoyable than in Python. foo(a, b) can be written as a.foo(b), and foo(x) can be written as x.foo. The docs are very good.

And it is compiled (using a MinGW C compiler)

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

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Post by nothrowaways » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:22 PM UTC

leander1978 wrote: post #4

I am currently digging into Nim. It feels like Python, does some things better, and not very many things worse. It is strongly typed, has method overloading and Macros. Creating objects is much more enjoyable than in Python. foo(a, b) can be written as a.foo(b), and foo(x) can be written as x.foo. The docs are very good.

First time to hear about it. I don't think it will be most employable in 2022

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

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Post by d3nj4l » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:24 PM UTC

brunooliv wrote: post #2

Python for job orchestration (Airflow) and data science (numpy, scipy, etc) , Java 16+ for the general enterprise, product development, Julia for HPC. C for embedded, C++ for games, highly intensive systems.

Can't have a most employable list without mentioning JS. Personally I'd swap Julia for JS. Apart from that this list tracks.

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

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Post by hermitsings » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:24 PM UTC

leander1978 wrote: post #4

I am currently digging into Nim. It feels like Python, does some things better, and not very many things worse. It is strongly typed, has method overloading and Macros. Creating objects is much more enjoyable than in Python. foo(a, b) can be written as a.foo(b), and foo(x) can be written as x.foo. The docs are very good.

Agreed. Looked into Nim a while ago. Docs are really good. Is it good for jobs?

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

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Post by hermitsings » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:33 PM UTC

brunooliv wrote: post #2

Python for job orchestration (Airflow) and data science (numpy, scipy, etc) , Java 16+ for the general enterprise, product development, Julia for HPC. C for embedded, C++ for games, highly intensive systems.

No Rust, no Go? (Not that I am rooting for them)

Re: Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for 2022 and beyond?

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Post by leander1978 » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:35 PM UTC

hermitsings wrote: post #8

leander1978 wrote: post #4

I am currently digging into Nim. It feels like Python, does some things better, and not very many things worse. It is strongly typed, has method overloading and Macros. Creating objects is much more enjoyable than in Python. foo(a, b) can be written as a.foo(b), and foo(x) can be written as x.foo. The docs are very good.

Agreed. Looked into Nim a while ago. Docs are really good. Is it good for jobs?

> Is it good for jobs?

Not yet, I guess. It is too new.