Programming language

[Geeky]

Hi,

Im planning to do a professional programming course in order to get a job in HK. Which language (java, python etc ) is in high demand here?
Which one will fetch me a job at the earliest?

TIA

[shri]

What is your background? Degree?

A language is one thing, but most companies, large employers will need some amount of experience and background to fall back on, given that you've just learnt a language - and have little or no experience in it.

[Geeky]

Yes I have a degree in engineering but a long career break 8 years. My previous experience of 1 year was in Java.

[shri]

Java would get my vote then - a big factor would be job security and prospects with larger enterprise clients.

Assuming you're comfortable starting at an entry level-ish, with 1 year outdated experience + a course?

[orel100x]

Almost any popular programming language is in demand, java, python, c++, scala etc. The question is, do you have the right mindset for software development as a daily activity? There is more to it than just knowing the syntax of your language of choice...

[progammer]

it also depends on which space of programming. if you are into desktop application development then I would vote for C#.
C# is in demand in fintech as well. (desktop applications in fintech). For web based applications probable HTML5, javescript etc.
for data oriented research and development, python is in very high demand now a days.

[Geeky]

What do you mean by the mindset? Is that whether I enjoy doing it or not?

Almost any popular programming language is in demand, java, python, c++, scala etc. The question is, do you have the right mindset for software development as a daily activity? There is more to it than just knowing the syntax of your language of choice...

[orel100x]

What do you mean by the mindset? Is that whether I enjoy doing it or not?

More like do you enjoy sitting in front of a computer screen 10 hours a day solving very technical problems. If you don't, you won't make it

[Grumbler]

do you want to be an analyst programmer or more of a traditional software developer type? personally, I would start with Python, >v3 obviously. simply because you can use Python for analytics, software development, web development. more bang for the buck I guess.