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Old Jan 6th, 2006, 5:06 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by alcdotcom
I've always wanted to try Python, but I just never had the time. Well, I probably could have tried it in place of one of the other languages, but I needed to get a programming job and there just weren't any Python jobs to be had. Economic reality can be a powerful motivator.
Java and C# jobs outnumber Python jobs by a considerable amount. You're right in thinking that it's economically useful to know Java or C++, but that's not to say that knowing Python isn't advantageous as a springboard language. Python is easy to learn and quick to program in; good for teaching programming fundementals.

And whilst Python jobs are rare, I'd expect they're considerably better paid because of that
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