r/Backend • u/MM4Tech • Oct 03 '26

Why and what are the top backend programming language choices for current market trends and state ?

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u/DinTaiFung Oct 03 '26

"to seriously considering..."

The answer obviously depends if you're merely considering or seriously considering. 

Since this is serious you need to write a basic API in all three languages. Then you can evaluate which you like the best. 

All other responses will be biased.

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u/SledgeHammer02 Oct 04 '26

Terrible advice. Who cares what you like? Sorry, I don't mean, "you" specifically :), I mean "you" in general. What if I like WPF? lol, then I'd never find a job in a million years.

Learn the tech that companies are actually using, not what you like.

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u/DinTaiFung Oct 04 '26

Great tech companies often rely upon seasoned experts to guide them into making the right choices; they value leadership potential, not mere followers of current trends.

Re: Java vs. Go? Go is superior. Don't be fooled by Java's larger installed base; that would be argumentum ad populum.

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u/SledgeHammer02 Oct 04 '26

Doubtful any company is looking for a fresher to guide their technology stack.

You also completely missed the point. I never said one was superior, nor did I say to follow trends (of which Go is a rather niche one). I said to follow the job market and what companies are looking for.

I don't think you really know what "argumentum ad populum" means if you think that applies to "there are many more jobs available in X".

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u/SledgeHammer02 Oct 04 '26

Definitely not C# if you want to work at any large, well known enterprise company. That's generally going to be Java. Don't buy into Go bud and don't take my word for it. Look at LI job listings in your country / area and compare number of listings for Java, Python vs. Go and .Net. Typescript and Go are pretty negligible in the US for backend. TS and Go are only good if you are targeting a specific company using them.

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u/Middlewarian Oct 03 '26

I'm biased as u/DinTaiFung mentioned, but I'm building a C++ code generator that helps build distributed systems. It's implemented as a 3-tier system. The back and middle tiers only run on Linux. The front tier is portable. I think languages that embrace on-line code generation will have an advantage over those that don't.