Not parent, but sorta want to pitch in on 2) C# is a lovely language. It also has quite a big standard library while not being 10 years behind everything like

Not parent, but sorta want to pitch in on 2) C# is a lovely language. It also has quite a big standard library while not being 10 years behind everything like Java is. It also has quite good performance (speaking in a web development context) compared to other popular choices like Ruby and Python. I've personally only switched away from using C# in my free time because I was already writing C# during my day job, and that doesn't feel good (or look good on a CV).