Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. but, Java has been the main language for years now so it might seem a safe bet. Everybody coming out of IT education is

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. but, Java has been the main language for years now so it might seem a safe bet. Everybody coming out of IT education is forced to learn Java for that reason. Which means there are 13 in a dozen people for the job. Java is also dying a bit. To my opinion it will go into the direction of cobol. It will loose popularity with a surplus of personnel. In about 15 years you will become valuable again for the same reason cobol did. Someone needs to support the stacks of banks etc. that said, python is 'just' a scripting language. So it is usually deemed 'less cool' or less 'hardcore' than Java. I disagree with this sentiment, but can you blame people who went into IT because of the money and now can only code on 1 language (to my opinion you need to learn as much as possible and don't stick to one trick)? I'd say;look for what you really like to do and find a job in that and keep learning. Because that's what successful IT people do. Keep learning.