> I have been learning how to code on windows, python can be downloaded easily from their website and is a lot easier than Java

Python is a great language, but the most serious issue with it right now is the split between Python 2 and 3. If you're just learning Python now, you're probably learning Python 3. But if you get a job working with Python, you will probably have to work with their Python 2 codebase, and eventually have to do the arduous task of converting 2 to 3.

This conversion is not difficult on an intellectual level, but it's incredibly time-consuming and boring, kind of like fixing Y2K bugs. Hopefully the Python community eventually comes out of this 2 to 3 disaster alive.