Programming language should I learn first?

[Anonymous]

I would like to learn C but I don't know if it makes sense to learn this language first.

[richardcory]

What is your goal? Are you trying to learn the language that provides the best employment opportunities, or are you trying to learn about computers?

C is still used a lot for embeded systems, but not much for large computers. Its a good language for learning how computers work - but probably not for getting employed.

For work, python is not a bad choice - even though I personally dislike it, I do end up using it a lot.

If you like low level stuff one approach is to learn C, and then learn firmware programming (very low level) VHDL, and Vivado. That is a really hard path, but its a rare and in-demand skill and pays extremely well.

Happy to talk more if you describe your interest

[Asker]

Hi,
I just want to start somewhere and familiarize myself with programming and later maybe try to program a small game...

[richardcory]

For that python is probably a good choice. Its interesting - very easy to write your first program, but the language is actually very complicated - much more so than C.

[Jessica405]

I think Python. C is rather old hat, but still used and fairly easy to learn.