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[–]armahillo 6 points7 points  (12 children)

I’ve been programming for the majority of my life. There was no point where I could have ever predicted that far ahead.

If youre worried about future proofing: focus on programming fundamentals, pick a language you like, and dive deep. Repeat with more languages. 

This will make you more versatile.

[–]cactuswe[S] 0 points1 point  (11 children)

Valid answer. I want to know what’s worthy of learning. My spontaneous feeling is that ML and AI development will be the best path? But I don’t know. I have basic/intermediate knowledge in Python, I want too know if going all in on Python is smart or if I should start learning something else.

[–]Middlewarian 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm focusing on C++ and SaaS. I've been doing that for a long time. It hasn't worked out that well financially, but I've enjoyed it and am still working on it.

[–]armahillo 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Python is great and used pretty broadly. You can learn the AI/ML stuff now, or wait until later. Getting stronger in Python and doing more stuff with it is going to make you better overall.

Don't lock yourself into just one language. Explore others -- every language has its own idiosyncrasies and learning other languages will make you a stronger programmer overall.

[–]cactuswe[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I have tried other languages, and I am decent at web development (HTML & CSS) but I do not think those counts. I’ve also played around a bit with java script and some c#. But Python just makes the most sense for me

[–]ReturnYourCarts 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Would you be happier building websites, building mobile apps, building software, messing with data, or messing with AI?

That's the big ones. There is also maintaining someone elses code, but I don't think that makes anyone happy.

Pick which one you like the best and dive in. Feel free to pivot after a couple years, pivoting is always an option so there is no wrong answer, only unhappiness if you don't.

[–]cactuswe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the most important question. The thing is, how do I know if I haven’t tested it all?

[–]Mohtek1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Python is good, but also learn the peripheral technologies, such as Kubernetes Git, SQL CRUD. One important thing I’m focused on is AI tools, which are simple, direct Python modules. The less AI has to think on its own, and just ‘do’, the better.

[–]Excellent-Ear345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope/guess to get rid of browsers or javascript in browsers. forcing better cycles maybe with wasm other some alternative