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What I suggest you is to not learn a language, but instead learn to code. That is the hard part. Learning how to say something is easy, learning what to say, is hard. Each language has it's features, use case, pros and cons. But when you know what you want to achieve, learning a new language is something relatively easy. If you choose to learn something and stick with it you will only find the jobs for that. If you learn how to think, a language will no longer be a problem.

This is not an easy thing to do considering you are a beginner. But I strongly suggest you to go for it. Lear something from python or c# or php and then mix it. PHP is good because you can then mix it with html javascript & css to create a complete set of web skills. C# might be good to learn about classes types and other things. Each language has it perks. Learn a mindset and you will unlock them all.

I also suggest you to spend more time coding than reading books. Avoid videos, huge waste of time. Doing things, making mistakes and trying to understand how things works will teach you faster than anything.

Good luck.



Thank you very much for your input. I'm definitely focused on learning the ins and outs of the fundamental programming concepts and I must say that I'm enjoying every moment of it!




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