The Truth About Learning Python in 2023

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So it's 2023,

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brand new year, and already

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there is a ton of stuff

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affecting the tech industry.

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We've got tools

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like chat, all kinds of tech layoffs,

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just the economy in general.

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And if you're a software

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engineer or programmer,

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you're rightfully probably

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a little bit worried and concerned

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and thinking about how you can best

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prepare for

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what may happen in the next six,

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12, 18 months, etc..

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Now, I'm not here to worry you.

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I think that if you're

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in the tech industry,

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you're going to be completely fine.

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Really, what I would be doing

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now is just working on your skills,

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getting as good as you possibly can,

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and proving to either

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your current employer

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that you're worth keeping around

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or to a new employer

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that you're worth taking on.

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Even though

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the hiring is kind of

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slowed down a little bit right now.

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So kind of summary here,

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don't be too concerned.

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I think everything is going to be fine.

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And what I'm going to do in this

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video is talk to you

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about Python specifically

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and if I think you should be learning

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that in 2023,

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based on everything that's going on,

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obviously you guys know

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the C Python focused channel.

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I'm sure many of you are beginners

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just getting into Python

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and maybe you're a little bit scared with

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what's going on right now and wondering,

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should I kind of be learning this?

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Should I keep going into this field?

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And many of you are probably intermediate

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or advanced Python programmers

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and thinking about

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should I change languages,

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should I diversify a bit?

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And that's what I'm hopefully going to answer here.

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Specifically, I'm going to tell you why

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I think you should learn Python, why

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I think you shouldn't learn Python

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and then other languages.

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I'd recommend

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if you're going to be moving away

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from the Python language.

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All right. So just as a mini preface here,

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before I get into the main

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points, the video.

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If you're someone who's

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just getting into Python,

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you're just getting into

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software engineering.

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I think you should still continue down

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this path.

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This is definitely something

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that's going to give you

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a ton of opportunities.

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It's a great skill to have in general,

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even if you're not employed

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as a programmer or a software engineer.

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And I don't think you need

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to be overly concerned.

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That's my opinion.

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Obviously, everyone has their own,

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but I'm still working on new skills

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right now.

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I'm learning new languages

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and I'm improving constantly,

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no matter

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what kind of the market looks like.

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With that said,

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if you guys do want

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to get a comprehensive overview of Python

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just software engineering

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skills in general, I do have a course

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called programing expert dot IO.

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I will leave

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that link in the description.

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All right.

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So let's get into

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the bulk of the video here and discuss

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why you should learn Python

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or continue learning it.

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So first of all,

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Python is a general purpose

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programing language.

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It's extremely popular,

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used by tens of millions of people,

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typically ranked one of the most popular

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programing languages

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in the world

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based on use case

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as well as demand for developers.

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There is tons of different jobs

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and you can really do anything

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you want with Python.

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With that

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said, Python is not always the best

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best language for a specific task,

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but since it is so general,

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you can pretty much

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do anything you can imagine.

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So if you learn Python,

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you have the ability

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to do machine learning.

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You can make a website,

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you can make a game,

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you can make it back end serve or API.

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You can mess around with databases.

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Pretty much anything

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you can imagine you can write in Python.

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So as a first language, it's very good

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because it gives you

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a lot of different avenues

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and allows you to explore

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a bunch of different options

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before maybe learning

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a more specific language

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for the specific path

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that you want to go down.

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With that

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said, Python is also a very beginner

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friendly language.

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It's typically very fast to learn.

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If you already know a language, it's

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going to be very fast.

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You can probably pick it up

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in a few weeks or maybe even a month,

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and it's something

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that's very easy to read

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and fast to write. Code in.

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So if you're someone who's

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maybe not thinking

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about being a career

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software engineer,

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you're just kind of learning programing

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to pick up a little bit of a side skill.

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Maybe it's something that interests you.

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Definitely a language I would recommend

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because of the general purpose

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aspect of it

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and the fact that it's going

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to be very fast to learn

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and it's not super complicated.

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There's a lot of other

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programing languages

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that may be better suited

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for a specific task

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but are a bit more complex.

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There's more theory, more logic

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that you need to learn

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and it can be a bit discouraging.

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Whereas Python, I find people

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typically build

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a lot of confidence with it

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very quickly,

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start building apps, projects, etc.

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Then that accelerates them

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into a second, third, fourth language.

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You know, beyond that.

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So hopefully that's kind of

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a general overview of Python.

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Now, relating Python

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to the current situation.

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I think Python is a great language

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to learn,

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especially if you're

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going to be interviewing.

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So if you're going to be interviewing,

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I like doing it in Python

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because it's a very fast language

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to write.

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Just in terms of the syntax,

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it's very simple.

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It's very easy

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for your interviewer to read it

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and it has a lot of helpful

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like functions, methods, etc.

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They can save

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you quite a bit of time

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when you're doing a coding interview.

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So something to consider

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doing a coding interview in Python

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I would say

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is way easier than doing it

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in like Java or C++

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or C sharp or something else

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that you may know.

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Personally,

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I did all of my coding

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interviews in Python,

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and even if someone doesn't know Python,

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since it's just such a simple language,

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like kind of with the syntax of it,

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it's very easy for them to read

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and understand what you're doing.

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Now, going beyond that,

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I will mention that Python does

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have a ton of jobs.

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Typically,

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Python is going to be

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some kind of requirement

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or you're going to have

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to be at least familiar

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with the language.

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And that's

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because it really is used everywhere.

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And you're going to find it

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in a lot of code bases,

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even if it's not the core language

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for different scripts

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or kind of smaller aspects of the code.

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And a lot of employers

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want to know that you have some comfort

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and some familiarity with it.

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So even though it's not always

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going to be the primary language

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you need to know

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to get a job, it's typically

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some kind of prerequisite.

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And there is a lot of

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just straight Python jobs.

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So with that said, that's why

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I think you should learn Python.

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Now let's talk

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about why you shouldn't learn Python.

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So why should you not learn Python?

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Well, there's many reasons here,

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but most of them

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stem from the fact

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that Python is a very general language.

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And that's good in some instances.

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But in this case, it's bad

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because that means that Python

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is not the best language

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for a lot of different specific tasks.

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So, for example,

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you can make a game with Python,

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but it's not going to be

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the best performing game

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and you'd probably be better off

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using something like C Sharp and Unity.

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For example,

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you can do,

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let's say a mobile app with Python,

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but again,

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you'd probably be better off

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using a native language

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like Swift or Courtland.

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You can do something like a website

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with Python or a back end with Python,

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but you might be better off

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using something like go or rust.

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So you see that

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although Python can be used

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for so many different things,

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if you're going to be a specialist

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in one specific area,

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a lot of times

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employers are going to look for

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someone who knows the best language

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or the best frameworks in that area.

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Now, that's not always the case.

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There is a lot of just pure Python jobs

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where companies use only python,

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where they have their website

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or their game or whatever in Python

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like I mentioned before.

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But in a lot of other cases

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you have companies that may have Python

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as a second

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or third language that you need to know,

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and before that they want you to be a pro

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at whatever

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the main languages

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for the kind of domain

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or tasks

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that you're going to be completing.

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So if you're going to

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be a game developer,

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you probably want to know

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Unity and C-sharp.

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If you're going to be a website designer,

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you probably want to know JavaScript.

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Hopefully you get where I'm going here.

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But since Python is so general,

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you lose out on a lot

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of really specific jobs

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and kind of tasks,

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if that's the only thing that you know.

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So that's the main reason

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why I wouldn't learn Python

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or if I already know it,

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I might transition into something else

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just to make myself

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a bit more well-rounded

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and have more experience

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in a specific niche

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or more knowledge in a specific area.

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So really the main point

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there is that

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Python is more of a general language.

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You're going to be more of a generalist

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with that,

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whereas with another language

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are typically going

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to be more of a specialist

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and maybe have some better prospects,

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maybe some higher paying jobs

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or some more opportunity,

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just because,

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you know a language that maybe not

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everyone knows, whereas Python

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kind of a lot of people know

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that and will consider themselves

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kind of fluent or competent in that area.

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Something worth

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considering going beyond that.

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I will also mention

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that if Python is currently

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the language that you know

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and you're good at Python,

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it's probably a good idea to branch out

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and learn a second or third language

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rather than just kind of diving in

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to becoming an expert in Python.

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That's because, again,

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you've already picked up

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that general language

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and now it's going to be worth it

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to pick up something more special

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where you can actually build,

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you know, more real production

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applications or stuff

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that's going to be better performing

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than what you might do with Python.

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There's a whole bunch of reasons here.

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Python is also a very

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slow programing language

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and I could go on and on

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on why you should

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and why you shouldn't learn Python.

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But I wanted to try to give you

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both perspectives here

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before I now move into the next section

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where I talk to you

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about what I would learn.

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If you're not going to learn Python.

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All right.

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So let's say at this point

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you've decided that you're

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not going to be picking up Python.

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I'm not going to tell you

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that's the right or wrong decision.

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Depends on what you want to do

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and what field

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you're going to be getting into

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or what you're interested in.

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Again, to recap,

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if you're a beginner,

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I'd probably go with Python,

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learn that first,

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build up some confidence

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if you're a bit more experienced

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or you're someone who already knows

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what field you want to go into directly.

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Then I would pick up

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maybe a different language regardless.

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If you're not going to be learning

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Python here are the languages

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I would recommend in 2023.

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These are ones

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that I'm personally learning

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and I'll go through a kind

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of a brief rationale for each.

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So first I might recommend

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doing some blockchain

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and web3 development.

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Now I know that market

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has kind of tanked.

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It's a lot lower than it was before,

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but I still think that this is going

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to be the future of programing

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and of the Internet,

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and there is still

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a lot of money in this space

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and a lot of people hiring.

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It's actually very difficult

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to find Web three engineers.

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I work with a few Web three companies,

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and they're constantly

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looking for talent.

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Sometimes they're even hiring people

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that don't know any web3 skills

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and then training them

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and paying them on the job.

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If you want to learn

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that I do have a blockchain expert

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course, I'll link

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that in the description.

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You can learn

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everything you need to know

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about web3 and blockchain technology.

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So that's one thing I might consider.

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Beyond that,

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I would probably learn a language

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like JavaScript.

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JavaScript is again

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a more general language,

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but it's really good

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specifically for web development.

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So it's a relatively easy language

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to learn,

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kind of similar to Python,

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but it's really good for building

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front end user interfaces,

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for building websites,

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even for working on the back end

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sometimes as well.

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If you want to do it like that,

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you have options like React Native, Vue,

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Angular react

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as all kinds of different frameworks

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you can use with it

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and it's super high and demands

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typically kind of tide or similar

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placing with Python in terms

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of the most popular programing languages.

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So I don't think you'd be poorly

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served by learning JavaScript,

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especially if you want to

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get into web development.

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It's pretty much a must

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if you want to get into the web

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development space.

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Continuing, I might recommend

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something like Go.

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Go is a newer and more modern

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programing language

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also referred to as Golang.

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It's a language

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that I personally really like.

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It kind of combines

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the performance of a language like C++

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with the simplicity

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and kind of speed

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to write of a language like Python.

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So if you do like Python,

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you like the style

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of writing Python code,

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but you want something

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maybe a bit more enterprise

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ready, a bit more performant

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that I look at go

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and that is taught in

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my programing expert course.

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Now lastly, I'd say

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you might want to consider

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learning something like Rust.

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I don't have a ton of experience

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in this language,

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but I did work in it

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a little bit and posted

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kind of like a mini

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series on the channel for it.

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A lot of you guys

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really seemed to like the language.

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It's growing rapidly in popularity.

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There's a ton of demand

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for rust developers,

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and even though it's not

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the most popular language out there,

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I think that in a few years

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it might be there

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and it's something worth taking a look at

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because if you could learn it now

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and be one of the earlier

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rust developers,

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I think you're going to have

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a lot of opportunity

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kind of in the next few years.

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So those would be

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my recommendations here.

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If you're not going to be learning Python

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regardless, I think you should still

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continue programing,

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still improve your skills,

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check out products.

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I have like programing

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expert and blockchain expert.

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If you want a more kind of tailored

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way to do that.

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Obviously I do have hundreds of videos

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on this channel too

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that can help you learn those skills.

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