does it matter what language you learn first on? if so,

I bet you have spent weeks worrying about this. It's ironic since you're concerned with not wasting your time.

never gonna make it

>>61703121
im worried because 3 places i want to work at use 3 different languages; C#, C++, and JS.

>>61703134
what are the companies?

The best first language is the one you stick to and actually learn. I'd lean towards C# or C++ over JS unless you really want to do webdev.

>>61703297
they're 3D programming firms. one makes an editor and the other 2 make games.

>>61703099
learn a language that a friend/family member/colleague/steam friend knows.

Being able to ask a friend for help is huge.

>>61703340
i have nobody in that bracket

>>61703099
english is pretty good

>>61703415
like you would know you dumb ESL

>>61703099
>does it matter what language you learn first on?
Absolutely not, for the most cases
>if so, what language is best?
Any language that has a good beginners' book

>>61703540
in that case, what's the best beginner book?

>>61703557
the dragon book

>>61703557
http://eloquentjavascript.net/

>>61703099
Sure it matters, but you can always learn another if you have the right mindset.

Personally I think Python might be the best to learn today.

learn on anything, two things you must absolutely understand: binary and the difference between a hash / lookup table and an array / linked list. Many noob languages combine these and if you're learning youve gotta not fall into a pit trap when you find that this isn't the convention anywhere else.

Start with C and then move onto garbage like python and java

>>61703099
Spanish is a good beginner language. Although people will say to go for the meme jap language