--- title: Don’t Choose Your Main Programming Language Before... description: This article provides us a glimpse of which programming languages are worth to invest time and effort considering the answers of the 2020 Stack Overflow... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-choose-your-main-programming-language-before-reading-this-wosuhtqmd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Don’t Choose Your Main Programming Language Before Reading This | daily.dev og:description: This article provides us a glimpse of which programming languages are worth to invest time and effort considering the answers of the 2020 Stack Overflow... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-choose-your-main-programming-language-before-reading-this-wosuhtqmd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/woSuHtQmd.png og:image:alt: Don’t Choose Your Main Programming Language Before Reading This 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 Choose Your Main Programming Language Before Reading This **[The Startup](https://daily.dev/sources/swlh)** · 4 min read · 17 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary This article provides us a glimpse of which programming languages are worth to invest time and effort considering the answers of the 2020 Stack Overflow survey. Python and Bash/Shell/Powershell are among those with high very satisfied rates, a high number of users, larger median salaries, and a big community. ## 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. **@zubair** · 1 upvotes > oh no, too late. I already chose one **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > Looks like it's a win for Python (again)! --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-choose-your-main-programming-language-before-reading-this-wosuhtqmd) ```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 Choose Your Main Programming Language Before Reading This","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-choose-your-main-programming-language-before-reading-this-wosuhtqmd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-choose-your-main-programming-language-before-reading-this-wosuhtqmd"},"datePublished":"2020-12-14T06:47:40.848Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"This article provides us a glimpse of which programming languages are worth to invest time and effort considering the answers of the 2020 Stack Overflow...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/95ef3aaf9798f05c951f9d1123c051cf","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/95ef3aaf9798f05c951f9d1123c051cf","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Startup","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Startup","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/swlh","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/swlh"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-choose-your-main-programming-language-before-reading-this-wosuhtqmd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":17},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"general-programming","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Startup","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/swlh"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Don’t Choose Your Main Programming Language Before Reading This"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-choose-your-main-programming-language-before-reading-this-wosuhtqmd","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"oh no, too late. 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