Here is the secret to computing: Write in the language you feel good writing in; the rest is fungible. Write in PHP. Write in Javascript. Write something that demonstrates your ability to make a computer do something other people want it to. Write code that has the social impact you desire, not code that impresses people you think you need to impress.

Everyone has strong impressions about what the right language is. History has proven most of them wrong. I have literally no formal training in computer science. I've failed an interview at a well known company because I didn't [know] big O notation. I fell into where I am almost entirely by luck. I was working on the right thing at the right time. But if people had told me that I'd never achieve anything unless I wrote in the right language with the right framework, I'd be fucked.

Being in the top 1% of a language's users is relevant if you're writing a compiler for that language. Otherwise, fuck it. What's relevant is your understanding of broad concepts, not your understanding of monads (I have no idea what a monad is). Think about your users, write something they want, [and] listen to people around you who have suggestions on how to do it better. That's all.

     -- Matthew Garret, 2017