I've never coded in my life. I'm a sales manager for a large tech company. Given that I work in tech, I'd like to be able to walk the walk and talk the talk by actually being able to code and assist dev teams.

If I were to learn a coding language to start with, what is the most useful that is relevant today and will be in the future? Is there any coding language that is so niche that it'd be a huge benefit to a company to have someone that knows that coding language due to rarity/scarcity?

Thanks all

sql
java/html
c/c++

Honestly, i'd start by figuring out what they use. If all they only use one language, then you have your answer.


Personally, i'd go for javascript. originally it was just popular for client-side browser stuff, but it's expanded to server side, client apps, and even mobile apps.



not sure if i understand correctly. there are a lot of niche markets, but keep in mind their rarity makes it less useful for finding jobs. you're not gonna be able to convince a company to pick it up. a lot of legacy code falls under the niche. if a company has a 20 year old app it needs to maintain, it might be hard to find people who can do it, so they pay more.

COBOL 4 LYFE

Java.

Do this if you're an Indian

whitespace.

If you write applications in this for your company you will be sure to get a raise.

Here is hello world:

java

a survey of recent grads from my college said cobol programmers get out of school making 10k more than java

Yeah, you can make serious bank supporting legacy apps because nobody else wants to. BUT you'll probably hate it and your contracts (and hence income) can be very inconsistent.