What programming language is in-demand, hiring for remote work?

[Space Lynx]

I really need to be clear so no one gets in a huff about my post there:

What I said is true, but I lived with my folks. W1zzard is still a saint for employing me (I had like, zero realworld experience and a college paper that didn't even remember me as my resume listing), but I'll be frank: Small, part time hours at near minimum wage feeds nobody. That is normal, and not a complaint at all. In that scenario, it's survival of the fattest. You loot your parents refrigerator or get another job. Guess what I did?

Yeah I live with my parents still too, but I have a bit in savings so a move for me will not be that hard overall, it's just a matter of landing the job now and work visa.

Word of warning, following tech news is not going to get you a job

Its hard to make these choices. But jobs are first and foremost about services. The whole business IT landscape is all about services. If you have an idea of what kind of thing you want to be doing, also take a long look at what kind of jobs that would net you or what kind of services you could handle.

And... no rush. If its not tomorrow, all good. I'm not going anywhere and this isn't something to decide overnight.

I understand, but every little bit does help overall. If some boss IT guy is talking to me about some high level stuff I will still have somewhat of an idea what he/she means I expect. Whereas if I just worked in a warehouse all my life, never read news, and played console games all day, I'd probably have no idea.

 

[Vya Domus]

I agree but don't jump to it first, especially if your ownly language is... vb.net. It's majorly more low level and things will throw you that shouldn't if you aren't ready. I'd go Java->C#->Then finally, you probably can grasp C++ with minimal pain.

The first language that I learned was C++, everyone I know also learned C++ first. It's not that tough, it's still a high level language at the end of they day.

I always find these recommendations to avoid low level stuff strange, 30 years ago you didn't have a choice. If people could learn and write stuff just fine back then, they can also do that today especially when stuff like C++ kept on being modernized and it's much more palatable now.

 

[Aquinus]

Yes, this compiles. It shouldn't though. It's an abomination. It's also morphed into such wonderful languages as "DerpPlusPlus"

I've actually written a BrainFuck interpreter in Clojure. It can run the Hello World program, but can't handle input yet. It's actually a testament to how concise Clojure code can be.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Excellent info, even though slightly skewed towards web technologies: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019

I would probably start learning Java, or Python in your place. What you learn can be adapted to most other programming languages

Good with math, maybe the whole machine learning ecosystem is for you?

I was going to say those as my company are hiring python coders atm, im not one btw.

 

[R-T-B]

I always find these recommendations to avoid low level stuff strange

On the contrary, I think everyone should start with assembly and work up.

Issue is, he started with VB.net. That... changes his paradighm a bit.

EDIT: just realized this was a slightly late reply, oh well...

I've actually written a BrainFuck interpreter in Clojure. It can run the Hello World program, but can't handle input yet. It's actually a testament to how concise Clojure code can be.

I like you. Please don't tell me shit like this and change that.