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Learn Software Engineering og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Don’t Learn a Programming Language. Learn Software Engineering **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 7 min read · 221 upvotes · 25 comments ## Summary Instead of focusing on a specific programming language, aspiring programmers should strive to become software engineers with a strong foundation in programming. Learning the fundamentals of software engineering allows for flexibility in using any language or tool to achieve goals. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@miguel\_angel\_reyes\_moreno** · 14 upvotes > Agreed 100% > It's not only about a language, it's about the science behind the fundamentals. > After you understand the basic concepts, everything will be easier to learn, no matter the language. > Unless is ASM o Brainfuck, lol. **@andychiare** · 9 upvotes > Next next step: Don't learn Software Engineering and don't learn System Engineering either. Learn Computer Science :-) **@abobkov** · 7 upvotes > Next step: > Don’t Learn Software Engineering. Learn System Engineering. **@abeldlp** · 3 upvotes > It is going to be the future, as AI is slowly taking over the coding part, the human will be responsible to orchestrate and supervise how the software is written, how maintainable it is, how secure it is. Learning software engineering as a whole will be the required skill for future developers. **@rayyanak1** · 2 upvotes > donot not learn all of these ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-learn-a-programming-language-learn-software-engineering-amo2i129e) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Don’t Learn a Programming Language. 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