Depending on your professional interests and desired career track in tech and IT, you may also want to explore programming languages such as:
Swift for iOS development
Kotlin for Android development
TypeScript for enhanced JavaScript development
Rust for systems programming and developing secure, efficient applications
There are many other valuable and widely used coding languages that we do not cover in this post. But again, we hope the examples we provided give you a good starting point for deciding what you might want to learn.
Next, let’s look at some ways to start working with popular programming languages that could enhance your tech career.
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Security of IT systems and information
AI, machine learning and automation initiatives
Cloud projects
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Software engineering and development
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