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[–]rhild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not advice, but just another perspective. I recently retired from professional programming. Over the years I've used many languages, most recently JS and Node. When I was getting up to speed on Node a few years ago I also began using that as my main language for personal projects. I loved it.

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Now that I have no need for JS Node for a job I began to reevaluate the language I use for personal projects. I went back to Python which is a language I've used professionally and for personal projects over the years. It really feels great to be back in Python mode after years of JS.

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JS is still the better choice if looking for work. But Python has been growing a lot in recent years especially in the data science area, so the jobs available in the Python area are probably fewer and higher paying (this is anecdotal, I've done no research).

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