Knowing programming is one of the skills that opens the most doors for us in the world. Companies increasingly need more programmers to be able to stay in operation and to continue growing. Although there are many programmers looking for work today, the offer is so high, and workers change jobs so much, that there is always a gap for others. However, if we are thinking of learning to program, the first thing we should ask ourselves is, what language do I start with?
Today there are dozens of programming languages, each one designed to cover a market and needs within the professional sector. Therefore, it is very important to know how to choose the right programming language if we really want to have more chances of finding a job.
Year after year, both the most demanded programming languages, as well as those most used by programmers, keep changing. Thanks to this, users who really want to grow within the professional sector are expanding their knowledge so as not to be left behind and, incidentally, users who are beginning to take their first steps in the sector can specialize in a language before opening the range to more possibilities.
GitHub is one of the most important platforms in the field of programming. And not only because of its OpenSource projects and its versioning system, but because thanks to it we can get an idea of the direction the market is taking and find out which are the fastest growing and most used languages. And, in this way, we can know which language to learn, and which one could be a waste of time, when we think about looking for a better job.
The most used programming languages
If we look at the most used programming languages of 2022 we find several interesting surprises. The first is that, in the last 4 years, the three most used programming languages within this platform have not changed, and the podium is led by JavaScript, followed by Python in second place and Java in third.
The next two programming languages, those that occupy positions 4 and 5, have also remained unchanged for two years, these positions being occupied by Typescript and C#.
This means that, for 2023, not too many variations are expected in terms of the languages most used and requested by companies, so learning any of them, especially the first three, will open many doors for us to start working again. programmer, or to qualify for a better job where you can earn more money.
Beware, 5 languages experience exponential growth
But, although the podium continues to be led by the three languages that we have already mentioned, in the last year we have been able to see how other programming languages have experienced exponential growth. We are talking, for example, about HCL, Hashicorp Configuration Language, which, although it is not a programming language as such, is becoming an essential tool in everything related to automation.
Rust is another of the languages that has experienced the greatest growth, with 50%. Therefore, everything indicates that this year, or next year, will also be a key to opening many doors for us at a professional level. And finally, other languages that have experienced growth of around 30% have been TypeScript, Lua and Go, three heavyweights that will soon give us a lot to talk about.
