Ask HN: How did you find your "preferred" programming language?

- How did you find your preferred programming language? How many years did it take?

- While surely we learn one or two out of the gate, did these sustain you through your career or did you move onto others? If the latter, was the moved motivated by your employer or your self-exploration?

- Is your language "preferred" because of its how it makes you think (paradigm), how it looks, etc?

- Do you try and think about a problem in the paradigm/context of a language or do you apply a language to your own thinking? How does that answer impact what language(s) you prefer?