<p>If you’re interested in statistics, you should also plan on learning R.</p>
<p>The fundamentals of programming will remain mostly the same between languages, once you become skilled in using one language, then you’ll be able to pick up other languages. It’ll take a while to become skilled in using new languages, because there will be important differences (not just in the language, but in the libraries that are available as well as the development ecosystem), but it won’t be like learning programming for the first time.</p>