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Start your free trialMichelle Rosenstock
Courses Plus Student 3,256 Pointstypes of IT skills (and others) needed and in high demand
Hi all,
Please advise about the specific types of skills that are or will be in high demand and ways to go about gaining those skills. Those skills can be in various IT fields or in related fields. I'm currently working on learning how to code. I'm enrolled in the data structures and algorithms course. I've learned basics of the following languages: C++, C#, and Java.
Thank you very much
2 Answers
Liam Clarke
19,938 PointsHi Michelle
Although the data structure and algorithms will definitely be useful in the future.
I would recommend picking one language and completing the track here at Treehouse, the best part is, once you learn one language, you realise they all have similarities and it becomes faster and faster to learn more.
As for recommendations, this is a controversial subject but it really lies down to what you're wanting as an end goal.
I'll give you a rough idea of what to go for, but this is just my opinion like I said everyone's different.
Front-end Web
- HTML/CSS/Javascript
Back-end Web
- Pick one: Java/PHP/Node.js
Game development
- Pick one: C#/C++/Java
Mobile Development
- IOS Swift
- Android Java
You've also got python which is a general-purpose language, you'll find it used for web, desktop, servers, media, etc but i don't have a lot of knowledge on python so can really categorize it.
My personal opinion is JavaScript, it is increasing its popularity more and more, as well as its capability is ever growing with multiple libraries. JavaScript is literally used on anything and everything now. However, that is because i fall into the above category of web developer.
Michelle Rosenstock
Courses Plus Student 3,256 PointsThank you very much, Liam