SAS > R > Python.

The focus of SAS and R were primarily limited to data science-related fields; however, Python is a far more generic programming language, thus the number of folks exposed to it is wider and thus the hiring pool of those who come in exposed to Python is FAR LARGER than SAS/R ever were, even when SAS was actively taught/utilized in undergraduate/graduate programs.

As a hiring leader in the Data Science and Engineering space, I have extensive experience with all of these + SQL, among others. Hiring has become much easier to go cross-field/post-secondary experience and find capable folks who can hit the ground running.

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username135 15 hours ago | parent [-]

you beat me to it. i understand why sas gets hate but I think that comes with simply not understanding how powerful it is.

	▲	garciasn 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was a great language, but it was/is extremely cost-prohibitive plus it simply fell out of favor in academia, for many of the same reasons, and thus was supplanted by free alternatives.