- When thinking about learning a programming language,
the question of return on investment is an obvious concern.
While I truly believe anyone can learn to program,
it does take time and discipline.
So, why bother unless there is some light
at the end of the tunnel?
The good news is that with both JavaScript and Python,
the career opportunities are pretty fantastic.
With JavaScript, your options will be more limited
to the web,
as opposed to Python, where there are opportunities
across other disciplines,
like data science, machine learning,
and even finance and business.
Your best bet is to not just learn JavaScript,
but to also learn popular frameworks
to further show expertise.
Knowledge of these will increase your hiring potential.
It's important to remember, however,
that all of these libraries and frameworks
are built on top of vanilla JavaScript.
So, it's in your best interest to have a strong foundation
in the basics of the language.
So, go take a quick search for the keyword JavaScript
on any job board
and you'll see that you have many career options
if you learn JavaScript.