The essential 10 programming languages developers need to know this year

[Cp Coder]

Having retired 10 years ago, I haven't had to go job hunting in years, so I wouldn't know.

Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

[peterkmx]

Sure, rankings are perhaps qualitatively indicative, and, of course, any ranking has its own way of ... ranking :-). TIOBE, for instance puts C at number 1 place, while Coding Dojo does not see it at all, and SO 2020 ranking puts C on 11-th place if I am not mistaken ... As always, it depends ...

[rnbergren]

but we all notice that VB is still on the list. Some sigh, some shake their heads and still others rejoice. HAHAHAHAHA

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[Jacquers]

The essential programming languages I need to know are those I use in my current job. Or those I'll need to learn if I happen to get a new job.

[Maximilien]

(serious, curious) I'm curious about Objective C, is this purely because of iPhones and Apple Tablets ?

I'd rather be phishing!

[Lost User]

I think the list applies to those that want to be "average". Currently, you can make a killing doing COBOL, IMS, CICS, VSAM, etc. in major centers across N. America; many of them remote.

It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food

[Marc Clifton]

I'm stunned that Ruby made the list, and TypeScript did not. All that list proves is that management is still in the dark ages, or that we have a huge codebases using antiquated languages, but then COBOL and FORTAN weren't on that list, so who knows. Lists are pretty much useful for only one thing, and that's wiping the stuff that list rhymes with.

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[pkfox]

Nor me

"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

[PIEBALDconsult]

No developer needs to know ten languages at once.

[Richard Andrew x64]

Fist?

The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

[Rage]

I never heard about the R language so far - and it made it in the top ten ! :^)

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

[Dan Neely]

Marc Clifton wrote:

I'm stunned that Ruby made the list, and TypeScript did not.

We're too busy polishing our old turds to start anything new. :rolleyes:

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

[dandy72]

Is SQL really a "programming language"? Never mind the fact that the "L" in SQL stands for "language"...