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9 days agoI’ve been making my living as a developer for more than 40 years. My take is that languages come and go. All of them are compromises that do some things better and more easily than other things. It doesn’t really matter what language you learn first, as long as you understand that what you really need to learn are the underlying concepts, not the syntax or the libraries. If you do that successfully, you will be able to pick up new languages relatively quickly.
That seems like a very good idea. Starting with a dog who already loves you and has figured out ways to help gets you more than half-way there.
Best wishes to both of of you!