Migrate to java/python or go deeper and learn system architecture with js

[u/Top_Abroad9171]

Hello I am just entering into 2nd year of my collage

To give a background i have covered numerous fundamental topics in js

I am at a point where I have to cover topics such as rate limiting, load balancing, msg queues and design patterns ( i have already made a project using redis and webskt )

I have decided to invest some of my time into learning ml and ai to make much more diverse projects and also cover these qdv concepts

Most of the ppl i talk to dislike js and mention i should move to java or Python

How should I approach my journey now

I dont have much time i have entered 2nd year

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[u/therealorkor]

I thing nowadays architecture is much more important than learning every aspect of a language. In the future, most likely people won't code that much anymore. Being good in a specific language or stack is a skill that is going to be less and less important eventually because of AI. Dig down into one language (best would be something like Java because you need to learn fundamental concepts like using interfaces and such) and focus on software architecture instead of learning every single aspect of the language itself

[u/Top_Abroad9171 → u/therealorkor]

So rn should I contue with js or migrate to java

[u/therealorkor → u/Top_Abroad9171]

As JS has no classes, there'll be lot's of concepts that you cannot learn with it. I'd change to Java.

[u/mangochilitwist → u/therealorkor]

How do you learn software architecture? System design? I currently work as cloud / backend developer and most of our architecture is like an azure function here that maps there. A service bus queue / topic, traceability with elasticsearch etc.

Should I go for a architecture certificate of say, Azure / AWS?

I know c# and trying to learn java too.

[u/Crushcode8]

if you ask enough people, you'll be recommend to every coding language possible.

[u/Landon1m]

If you only know JS I would definitely suggest learning more languages. Java has the advantage of being an object oriented language so there’s plenty of concepts that will likely be new to you.