The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. According to the TIOBE ...

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

JavaScript is now the world's most popular programming language, even though it started off as a side-kick to Java.

For a career in software development, JavaScript shouldn't be your first programming language because it isn't a proper foundation.