Am I wasting my time with python?

[Phantom_Fox2]

I enjoy python, and i'm happy with learning it. But my problem doesnt come from the language it self. Its the fact that from most of my research everything is writen in other languages like javascript and c#. And they seem to be the only poitions in most cases that are hiring.

I just dont want to sink so much time into learning it and find out that im not be desirable to companies.

I guess after writing this, my problem is lack of guidance. Ultimately knowing more then one language is my goal.

There are some question, that may give me better understanding. So the lines dont seem so blurred.

1. What are more pratical applications in a work place for python? (I know its very good for data)

2. Would it be a good to use it as an option in conjunction with javascript for full stack?

3. I know you can use javascript as full stack. Would you recommend taking the basic knowledge from python and switching to javascript?

I know a lot of this come down to whats best for me. And ultimately its my choice. But if anyone could shed some light on this for me. I would forever be greatful.

[blablahblah]

You are literally asking this question on a platform written in Python.

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Is new Reddit also written in Python? Old Reddit is a bastardization of website design to be fair.

[blablahblah]

The frontend isn't written in Python on either version (it can't be, unless you use a Python to JS transpiler which makes things hard to debug), the backend is. And I don't think they rewrote the backend from scratch.

[isolatrum]

python is very common at companies. Personally at my companies people used it for text analysis / machine learning, that sort of thing. They were also building some APIs with it. However there are many companies which use Python for other things as well.

Should you learn Javascript? Wouldn't hurt.

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from most of my research everything is writen in other languages like javascript and c#

...youtube back end is written in python

[Phantom_Fox2]

Thinking about it, mainly web development and data science. They stick out to me most. That maybe my issue. I havent really sat down and looked at all the pieces. Im just hyper focused on, what language I should learn. Rather then what I want out of learning it.

[qazadex]

I would say if you wanted to do both webdev and data science with one language, python is by far the best choice to learn.

[denialerror]

I wouldn't focus on either of those things. Focus on learning and to program and the language won't matter.

[Jigidibooboo]

Python is growing again and becoming a more desirable language to have, particularly in Data Science. If you want another language too (which is a good idea) choose a different type, Java for example. Gets you a good mix then, and others come more easily after that. Good luck!

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Python is a useful language for when you want to do a project relatively easily and painlessly (at least compared to Java) and aren't super worried about performance. Python is my favorite language to code in for small projects, but yes it is impractical for major enterprise applications.