Ask HN: Most employable programming languages for next decade or two?

#1

Post by upxx » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 10:43 AM UTC

I would love a more of relaxed approach as a freshman.

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Post by SaarRyan » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 10:44 AM UTC

Golang

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#3

Post by wruza » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 11:11 AM UTC

If you look at what would be advised to you in 2002, you may realize that it’s not what you’d want today. Programming isn’t a job that you can learn once and practice for decades. Unless we figure out something finally. Be prepared to learn deeper to switch easier, to learn almost everyday. It’s not that hard, but skip a handful of years - and you’re obsolete.

Today’s options seem to be go and ts, if you’re targeting “world”. They won’t go away long enough for you to gain momentum.

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Post by sandreas » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 11:46 AM UTC

I think JavaScript/TypeScript, python and C# would be a good choice. Maybe golang and/or Rust.

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Post by omani » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 11:50 AM UTC

golang

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#6

Post by jansommer » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 12:03 PM UTC

SQL. It's been there for the last ~50 years and it's going to be around for at least another decade.

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Post by yuppie_scum » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 1:20 PM UTC

Go, Python.

DevOps/SRE tooling (structured data) will remain in demand as well

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Post by ironlake » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 1:21 PM UTC

wruza wrote: post #3

If you look at what would be advised to you in 2002, you may realize that it’s not what you’d want today. Programming isn’t a job that you can learn once and practice for decades. Unless we figure out something finally. Be prepared to learn deeper to switch easier, to learn almost everyday. It’s not that hard, but skip a handful of years - and you’re obsolete. Today’s options seem to be go and ts, if you’re targeting…

I agree with this. The Java I learned in 2002 is still applicable, but you could also make a career using only technologies that had been invented since then. No one suspected that Apple development would be a viable tech path, and ruby was the nodejs of the day.

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Post by runjake » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 2:59 PM UTC

SQL will be around forever. Even if it is "deprecated" in the next decade or two, there will be lucrative contracts for decades after that, ala COBOL and RPG.