Yes, my mistake
fireindark707
joey_the_snake
Ann
Gumi
All languages are easy to understand once you learn them. In terms of easy to learn, no Elixir is more difficult to learn. Python, javascript and Java are the most used languages so have the most people teaching and learning them. Elixir is very cool but is definitely a niche language so lacks the incentive for people to teach it.
The path to becoming an Elixir dev seems to basically start at Senior level with Ruby as past experience.
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cmo
Cochonours
There is some truth in it though, as all the jobs that are advertised ask for senior or mid-senior level. If one was to learn Elixir as his first language, then as a junior dev it will be almost impossible to find a job.
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sodapopcan
This is incredibly misguided. Sheer numbers don’t mean anything when it comes to learning languages. It can actually be a hindrance as search results get flooded with blogspam offering terrible advice. This forum is a source of very active, very talented people who offer great advice.
I think Elixir is a great first language though I do agree it’s hard to find work in. OP never mentioned anything about looking for work, though, so that may not be relevant.
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olivermt
Not to mention the SO space is VERY polluted by confused people going between 2 and 3. loads of stuff that ranks very high on google doesnt work or works wrong in subtle ways on python.
Also a lot more «black magic box» libraries, which is great if you are senior and know how to iterate fast and safe, not so great if you are trying to learn.
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dkuku
Both may be similar to pick up at the beginning. But I think there is one problem for future devs:
When you learn python, elixir will be easy to learn.
When you learn elixir, python will be hard to learn.
Elixir is simpler, has smaller standard library and mostly one way to most of the stuff.
In python the standard library is huge with sometimes duplicated functionalities and on top of that it has recommended packages for different tasks that do the same as standard library stuff. There are multiple ways to structure your code, multiple web frameworks, multiple testing libraries and so on. Some libraries are more oop focused, some more functional. This may be confusing but it will teach you different ways the code may work. Going from python to elixir you’ll feel that it’s well structurized and easy to pick up. Other way around will make you feel like starting learning from the beginning because you will jump to bigger stuff and not the basics anymore.
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sodapopcan
I mean, there’s an argument to made to not learn Python at all and I think you may have just made it 
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