I am a corporate C# programmer. I found some time to invest into myself and stumbed upon a dilemma. Where to go from now? C#/.NET is easy to learn, develop for, etc. In future I would want to apply to Microsoft or Google, and want to invest spare time wisely, so what I will learn will flourish in future.
So: Python or C++ for a C# programmer? I am a little scared of C++ because developing anything in it takes ages. Python is easy, but I take it as a child-play language, which still need lots of patching to be some mature development tool/language.
Any C# developers having same dilemma?
If you want to apply to Google then Python might be the one to go for, surely MS would like the C# already.  If nothing else the competition would not be as fierce as there are much more folk out there with multi years of C++ experience.  Also Python gives you a broader language skill and would be a good path to more languages and scripting.
But as said and will be said again, choose your tool wisely and see whether it's a nail or a screw you're trying to secure.
C++ or Python for C# programmer?