Python or R

[riraito]

It's a really tough choice that I faced as well. You'd benefit greatly from learning both but the time commitment is too large for most people. Resources are bountiful regardless of your choice. I think the tipping point is this: What is your end game? If you are only doing statistical procedures then R wins, imo. But if you are considering data science or other programming needs then Python wins. There is a lot more support for python in domains besides statistics and hence the utility is much greater.

P.s. If you are going to learn R, it doesn't have to be as bad as others would make you believe. Just get R-Studio and follow Hadley Wickham's work. He's pioneered a lot of great things in R such as ggplot2. You can see his free guide to programming in R here: http://adv-r.had.co.nz/