Programming languages & Their relevance to the job market
As developers we have more than 70 languages to possibly code in. Although this sounds like a lot, the current job market only uses the top 15–20 languages. In this blog we will only talk about languages that are relevant to the current job market, and discuss the specifics of the language and why its used. We’ll also discuss which language is the best “universal” language to know. I wont keep you waiting any more let get into our topic: “top_programming_languages”.
Learning one the top 20 programming languages will likely lead to a job in development if you have the skills and experience, But which programming language is the MostUsed in the job market post COVID 19? The C Programming Language. Despite the prevalence of higher-level languages, C continues to empower the world. The following are some of the systems that are used by millions and are programmed in the C language,
c_language_companies =[“Microsoft Windows”,” Linux, Mac,Mobile”,” Databases”, “3D Movies”].
As you can see the C programming language has been the most relevant for the last 20 years. Coming in strong at second, which could really be considered 1.b JAVA. Java is a class based, object oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependancies as possible.Here are some companies reported to use Java in their stacks.
java_companies = [“Uber”, “AirBnB”, “Pinterest”,” IBM”,” Spotify”,” Amazon”.]
It is a general purpose programming language intended to let application developers write once, run anywhere meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation. Python was next, and in 2020 was actually second most used in the job market. Here are some companies that are reported to use python.
python_companies[“Google”, “Facebook”, “Instagram”, “Spotify”, “Quora”, “Netflix”]
Python is a general-purpose programming language which means that, unlike HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, it can be used for other types of programming and software development besides web development. That includes back end development, software development, data science and writing system scripts among other things. C++ and CSharp round out the top 5, But today we’ll skip over those (because they’re in the C family and are very similar).
Onto Javascript, a very popular language known for its fullstack capabilities, Which is why you see some companies that you’ve already seen on this list. That’s because they may use JavaScript on the front-end and another language on that back-end && ViceVersa. Some companies reported to use JS.
js_companies = [“PayPal”, ”Groupon”, “Uber”,“Facebook”, “Google”, “eBay”]
JavaScript is a text-based programming language used both on the client-side and server-side that allows you to make web pages interactive. Where HTML and CSS are languages that give structure and style to web pages, Javascript gives web pages interactive elements that engage a user. JavaScript along with Ruby are consider the best universal languages to learn, the theory is if you can learn at least one of these two languages you can learn any programming language. Ruby like JS is known for its fullstack capabilities, ruby is a very friendly language which makes it perfect for beginners. Dont be fooled by its ease of use, ruby is still used by some of todays top tech companies.
ruby_companies [“Shopify”, “Groupon”, “Github”, “Zendesk”, “Hulu”]
Ruby is most used for building web applications. However, it is a general-purpose language similar to Python, so it has many other applications like data analysis, prototyping, and proof of concepts. Probably the most obvious implementation of Ruby is Rails web, the development framework built with Ruby.
Today we talked about 7 of the top 10 languages currently being used by tech companies in todays market. Hopefully this will give you direction about which language to pick up when declaring your job search in the future if you see a company you’d like to work for in these list.
