Comment by sandreas
Perl is a nice language that can do a lot of things very well.
However, for landing a job or doing more modern stuff like AI or web, I'd probably recommend
Python
as a first language, unless there is a specific reason to learn perl
It's not my first language. I already know Python and I think it's very boring.
It's mostly for personal reasons regarding design of PLs and to be able to learn a new way to think about programming.