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It's easy as fuck to switch from one programming language to another, like basically trivial. Nothing like a real language where you spend years memorizing specific vocabulary that only matters for that language. After learning your first programming language, you can take on a new one and produce full, working programs in it within the span of a month. It's very easy.

The bigger, fundamental problem you're going to discover as a programmer who doesn't care for his job is that every place of employment WILL expect you to enjoy it. That's not my cynicism speaking, they want you to be someone who codes in his free time and has projects to show off even before you get your first internship. The field is highly competitive so you need at least some way to stand out, and in programming that means doing independent projects to build your portfolio. Essentially it's like overtime but before you've even landed a job.

This is one of those things no one tells you about tech, btw. The subtle expectation that you treat it not just as as job, but a hobby and even a lifestyle. No one expects engineers to read about Bernoulli's Principle for fun but in IT there is this pervasive sense that if you don't find it enjoyable, you don't belong there. And so a strong sense of Impostor Syndrome can come in. I've seen people who don't even work in my field know more about my field than me because it's a hobby for a ton of guys, and this level of enthusiasm from people is why getting a job is so hard in tech, you'll get out-competed by someone who does enjoy the work and will put in more effort than you. Considering you're here, I assume you're smart enough to do all the basic programming stuff it takes to get employed, it's not hard. Now, thriving in an environment like that is another story. For me, programming just feels kinda soulless, and that's why I don't want to do it anymore. Maybe you'll like it more though.