Top 5 Programming Languages to learn for getting a job at Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, etc.
By: Sumant Jha
Tags: Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple

So the obvious question here might be. Does it really matter which language you learn? If you trying to get a job in these companies. Here I am explaining to you to Top 5 Programming Languages to getting a job in big listed companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, etc.

My answer would be Yes! It does. But not directly. What I mean is when you have a job interview with these companies as a software engineer candidate. The most important thing usually looks for is not what specific language or technology will be using. They look for coding skills, problem-solving ability, and your data structures and algorithms knowledge.

So you might say so it doesn’t really matter which languages you learn? My reply to that would be, Truly, it still matters a lot!

I am going to explain to you my reasons behind that. If these large companies don’t care that much about which language you know, then why does it matter at all which languages you learn. If you desire to get a job at one of these companies?.

There are 3 reasons for this to learn programming languages!

Reason — 1

When you apply for a job one of these companies. Had you think to decide if they should invite for a job interview. Of course, a few different aspects of this for example your education, your personal projects, and so on but the biggest factor is usually working experience. And how you get the experience in the first place probably a smaller, less long company first. And actually smaller companies and startups than to care more about a specific language or technology you know. So for example a small setup we need someone who can help us create an IOS app tomorrow! or We need someone who has good knowledge of JavaScript.

So depending on which language you know. It actually is easier or harder for you to get a job at one of these smaller companies.

Reason — 2

I think you should learn a programming language with your interest. So you have more motivation and reason to learn. So for example, if you setting learning to make an iPhone App You should popularly learn Swift. And if you should learn Data Science, Machine Learning, Python will be a good choice for you.

Reason — 3

Some programming languages are easier than others. For example, I would say that JavaScript is easier to learn than Java.. and Python is easier to learn than C++. So base on that I decided to use the Job Market and easy learning as the two main criteria for making my list of top 5 programming languages to learn.

So here is my list of the top 5 programming languages.

5. Swift

Swift is 5th programming languages on my list. It is now the primary language for building an IOS App whether it is for iPhone or Ipad. If you have this skill it should be fairly easy to get a job in many companies that want to build IOS App. I have used this language accessibly myself self but it seems like a fairly simple and easy language to learn. The only downside of Swifts is not only cross-platform. Meaning it not easy to create IOS with Swifts if you don’t have a MAC OS.

4. PHP

PHP is 4th programming languages on my list. It is also a programming language that will use to create a Web Application. PHP is the most popular language used for the web. It is very simple to learn and implement the language. and many frameworks are there to create websites very easily just like Codeigniter, Laravel, Zend, Yii, Symphony, etc.

3. Java

Java is 3rd programming languages on my list. It is probably one of the most used programmings today. You can use java to build many things including Andriod Apps. Many firms use Java Frameworks to create websites as well. Unfortunately, It’s not the easiest language to learn it's big more complex than other languages.

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