If you're looking to get hired, chase trends. If you want to learn languages for your own fulfilment, or to stay sharp, you should learn whatever is the most exciting to you. The skills will be highly transferable anyway.
Oh I'm not trying to get hired, I'm just trying to bolster my current abilities. I've come to recognize I have more sympathy and abilities on the developer side anyway. I'm not an ops or sysadmin guy.
If you're looking to get hired, chase trends. If you want to learn languages for your own fulfilment, or to stay sharp, you should learn whatever is the most exciting to you. The skills will be highly transferable anyway.
Oh I'm not trying to get hired, I'm just trying to bolster my current abilities. I've come to recognize I have more sympathy and abilities on the developer side anyway. I'm not an ops or sysadmin guy.