Programming languages vary in how much abstraction they offer to the programmer. This ranges from no abstraction, referred to as low level like C, to high abstraction which are called high level languages like Python. Understanding the spectrum of programming languages is crucial for any developer. Low-level languages like assembly give you direct control over hardware, while high-level languages like Python abstract away the complexity.

Factors to Consider:

  1. Your career goals and target industry
  2. The type of projects you want to work on
  3. Learning curve and time investment
  4. Community support and job market demand

More often beginners are engaged in a dicussion of which language I should learn. The short answer is to pick any of the popular languages, like C, Javascript, Python, Java etc.. If you did not like that answer than you should do some research on the history of their creation. They all have interesting features. Albeit you can build interesting things out of all of them, but some have great libraries for one thing that other lacks. For instance consider Python, it has a rich ecosystem for Machine learning and data science while Java has comprehensive tools for server side programming. In the start, you should choose yours and start building projects, rest assured, you won’t be at a disvantage for learning one over the other.