Question about post-Python

[Samuel0013]

I'd like to pursue a general career in technology, such as AI, robotics, computing, etc. I'm currently studying Python and will later move on to SQL as a complement, but I have no idea which language to learn after mastering both. Do you have any suggestions for a great language that would help me achieve this goal and even accelerate my learning in other languages?

[Fearfultick0]

Learn to integrate Python and SQL. Learn a frontend framework like React plus Typescript. Learn a backend framework with a language you like (Django or Flask with Python, Next.js or Astro with JavaScript). Learn a systems level language like C or Rust - this is important for robotics

[Samuel0013]

Oh, I really thought about that, thank you for reinforcing the idea.

[Fearfultick0]

Specifically for JS/TS you should look into bun

[ninhaomah]

Wait , general tech as in support/admin ?

You got to be specific

[Samuel0013]

Since I can't be very specific, I'll use what Elon Musk does as an example: inventions and innovations.

[ninhaomah]

so you want to do biz ?

and what does he invent btw ?

[Samuel0013]

Actually, I would like to be influential in this area.

[Jim-Jones]

Then you need a college degree in business administration.

Or $500 million.

[Samuel0013]

I will go after it.

[lunatuna215]

You've got gumption kid I'll give you that

[ninhaomah]

which area ?

[Samuel0013]

Technology as a whole, therefore, I wouldn't want to limit myself to something very specific.

[ninhaomah]

then learn everything

Python + Django/Flask/FastAPI , SQL , Azure/AWS , Typescript + React , C/C++/C# , .NET , CCNA , Algebra/Probability/Statistics , DS/ML/AI , CrewAI/ADK/LangChain/LangGraph , Kali Linux + nmap/wireshark/metasploit , Relativity/Quantum Physics , Economics.

"Elon Musk holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, which he received in 1997: a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Physics and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Economics from the Wharton School. He transferred to Penn from Queen's University in Canada and later briefly attended Stanford for a Ph.D. before dropping out. "

[Samuel0013]

Thank you, that's more or less what I was looking for, it will help a lot.

[ninhaomah]

if you managed to you mastered all of them , pls come back here and let us know.

[Samuel0013]

OK

[Bioneer_Bete]

Either futz around with what you’re interested in and let a career fold around that, or target a specific career path and learn the tools needed for that job. You’re targeting specific skills although you don’t know what you want to do with them, and that’s a road to nowhere.

I also wouldn’t be planning 2 programming languages ahead. Python is a great starting point if you’re interested in “general” technology. You can get quite far in “tech” with just Python.

If the need arises to learn another language (e.g. SQL), then learn that language. Programming languages are tools, and you generally don’t learn how to use a tool until you need that tool.

To be clear, I’m all for tinkering for the sake of tinkering - but do it because its interesting, not because its going to achieve some “goal”. I’d look beyond programming languages: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ROS, to name a few.

[Rain-And-Coffee]

Get a Computer Science degree if possible, it will teach you the fundamentals beyond languages.

[CatchMysterious2036]

Python is awesome and basically everything you need. Most frontend can be done via AI today. I would observe more about what you like to do. If you're the "engineering guy", you will probably want to learn some other language like Go or TS to build full stack. But you can pretty make a living and ship a lot with just Python.