For a career in software development, JavaScript shouldn't be your first programming language because it isn't a proper foundation.

The JavaScript programming language has a lot of history, but it was created over about — yes — a week in 1995. It was first called LiveScript, but the name was changed to JavaScript to ride ...

JavaScript remains the most used programming language, while TypeScript, Rust, and Python surge, according to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem report.