What's the most common/lucrative software developer job to get?And what language to learn?

Question

The reason im posting this is because I feel like I need help now more than ever. And this is the only place where I feel like people can answer me.

Im 20 years old, living in Texas, and currently attending a local community college(basics). And Im thinking of transferring to a 4 year university, sometime next year, to get a Bachelors in Computer Science.

I want to know what programming language and additional skills will help me get a job and succeed. I'm currently learning c++ and want to know do I continue it?I feel conflicted as when I google common internships I get so many different answers like python or javascript etc. So...do I continue learning c++ or do I learn something else like python, swift, etc? I feel like Im running out of time as I havent developed any computer skills over the course of 2 years .

Side note: Im also good at drawing cartoons and realism. But I dont see a way of tying my current skill with programming.

Thank you for your time reading and answering this question.

Answer 1

It's hard to pick something at first, as you're learning and basically have everything to choose from.

What I'd say is that you should simply focus on learning the trade, acquiring the skills. Most uni courses I've heard about teach C++ or Java as a focus. These languages are quite significant historically and if you learn about them, you can transfer the skills to other languages. Once you have the basic skills it honestly takes no time at all to learn another language, and if you're working in the field your problem solving skills and adaptability are so much more important what you studied at uni. (Another employee at my work took a job in Scala which he had never used before, he basically learned the language that week for the interview and got the job).

If you had an idea of what you want to do, it can help selecting a language that's good at that (again, you can always transfer those skills later). Nowadays you almost always know multiple languages for this kind of work).

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