PHP developer looking for 2nd language (I want out of web development)
<p>I've been working with PHP for over a year now, and although I've learnt and worked with a lot of cool things I'm grateful for (OOP, working with a framework, learning some design patterns, theming and developing for Drupal/WP),...I've already made up my mind and I know I don't want to do web development forever. I really enjoy the programming, but I don't like having to deal with some "web-dev-related" things forever. I'm a freelancer, so 95% the jobs I get are websites. Designing websites and making them <em>pretty</em> is cool and rewarding... but the type of client that asks you for a website... well, let's just say they usually make me mad, I guess it would be easier if I just worked for a company, but since I'm currently traveling a lot, I actually <strong>need</strong> to be able to freelance. </p>

<p>I tried learning C for a while, just as a hobbie, and I did enjoy my experience with it, but back then...didn't have the time to learn it (and I'm definitely going to go back to it when I'm actually settled somewhere)... So, what do you guys think? With my kind of background, and considering what I want and need at the moment is learning a language that's not gonna tie me to web development,...where should I start looking (python looks like a lot of fun, and I've played with it in the past, but languages like JAVA and Objective-C seem to be in higher demand)?</p>
