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The programming language that got me my first ever job was Java. And honestly, learning Java was probably one of the best things I could have done early on in my career. And this isn't because it forced me to understand object-oriented programming, backend systems, and how real enterprise code systems work. But when I actually worked at Amazon, I realized something. The Java ecosystem was not just Java anymore. A lot of teams were actually using Kotlin. And this is because it lets you stay inside the JVM world with tools like Spring and existing Java libraries, but without writing as much repetitive boilerplate code. Null safety is built in so you don't ship accidental NPEs. The syntax feels cleaner and code teams mean async code doesn't feel like a puzzle. But what makes Kotlin way more interesting is that it's not just a back end coding language. You can use Kotlin multi-platform to share code across web, desktop or compose multi platform to build shared UI Ktor for backend services and kook to build AI agents directly in the Kotlin ecosystem. So if Java helped me break into software engineering Kotlin feels like one of the most natural languages to learn next. Check out Kotlin through a link in my bio and try it for your next project.

The programming language that got me my first ever job was Java. And honestly, learning Java was probably one of the best things I could have done early on in…