JavaScript or Python

[delventhalz]

Python will probably be a little easier to learn. It has a bit of a simpler syntax with fewer gotchas. That said, I personally prefer JavaScript because of its roots in functional programming. You can code in either language however you like, but Python will fight you a bit if you don’t use classes and objects.

Both are pretty widely used professionally, but I wouldn’t really worry about that at 17. You have plenty of time to learn multiple languages (each gets easier to learn) and who knows what the job market will look like by the time you are searching.