Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning?

Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning? by h0phead on Monday July 27, 2015 @08:56AM (#9954846)

Which language though? Coming from someone who knows a bit but doesn't work in the field.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning? by T-A on Monday July 27, 2015 @09:45AM (#9955114)

I would say Python. Easy enough to be a good teaching language + a huge ecosystem for real work, spanning everything from web dev to machine learning.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning? by nindalf on Monday July 27, 2015 @10:22AM (#9955336)

I second the other suggestion - Python. I think its a great language to learn first up. I feel its biggest strength is its excellent standard library and ecosystem Python allows you to do really cool things with minimal frustration. This is important because once a person gets past the basics what keeps them hooked is doing cool things what they've learned.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning? by shareit on Monday July 27, 2015 @11:51AM (#9955875)

Its gotta be JavaScript. Given Meteor, JS is all you need to get an idea out the door.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning? by zeckalpha on Sunday August 02, 2015 @12:23AM (#9989733)

To get an idea for a web site out the door. Not all ideas are web sites.

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