I think everyone will have a different experience but my 2 cents?
Learning any programming language is a great skill to have and can lead to jobs I would say. I think it helps to understand that programming languages are just tools and what that tool is mostly used for such as Python is mainly used for scripts and data analysis I have found. Things like here is a massive data set tell me why I am losing money or here is all my sales for the past X years find me trends such as what sells best in each season great lots of data lets break it down, sort the data with some Python scripts.
If you learn Javascript your also learning Node which gives you front and back end so leads more to software dev work. You can build everything from API's, to interactions with front-end elements.
Go is becoming popular and same as JS will lead to development opportunities.
I find the best thing to do is to start at the end first. Go on your local job websites and look for jobs. Check the skills category and look for jobs looking for these skills in your area see how many are looking for that "Relevant experience" instead of just looking for a degree. It may see need Javascript and SQL and then you know hey I can get half the skills I need from this game which is a great start! Doesn't hurt to do it for fun too.
