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Just realized starting with Python taught me bad habits that took 9 months to unlearn
I learned JavaScript last week after spending a year on Python and it felt like learning to walk again. Python lets you get away with sloppy variable types and no curly braces at all. Three years ago I started coding through a free online course and they said Python is the best for beginners. But now I see how it hides what's actually happening under the hood. When I tried to build a simple web app in JavaScript last month, I kept getting errors because I never learned strict typing. My buddy who started with C++ back in 2020 can pick up any language in a week. Has anyone else found that starting with an easier language actually made things harder down the road?
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