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Thank you guys so much! I love this forum, people are always so helpful and come through.

I often hear that it's good for interviewees to also have their own questions to ask in order to show that they're interested and truly invested time researching the program/position, etc... This might sound dumb, but what kind of questions are appropriate to ask? I guess I'm just afraid of asking the wrong question and coming across as ignorant. Personally I'm in the process of hunting and applying for full-time research positions, and the only question I can think of asking is if there are opportunities to publish/present while working at X Lab. What other questions can an applicant/interviewee ask without looking ignorant and show that they're truly interested in the position they're applying to? What kind of questions are appropriate to ask a current lab manager? Is it okay to ask things like, "Did you already have similar research interests to the lab when you started working there? Did working at this lab help you focus your own research interests for graduate school?" or is that weirdly too personal and invasive? Maybe I'm just overthinking things.

There are some free apps in the Google Play Store (don't know if they're also in the App store for iPhones) that are aimed at teaching beginners. Not sure which apps are best, so I'm just starting with Learn Python by SoloLearn. Technically I took a couple of programming courses back in high school (Java and C# maybe?) although I barely remember anything from then. Other than "Hello World" maybe haha. Thank you guys so much for your responses! Immensely helpful.

Hey all. I've been seeing advice that knowledge of programming can be super helpful when it comes to getting positions in labs/grad schools, so I figured that I'd take the plunge and start learning. The trouble is I'm not entirely sure what programming language to start with - can anyone tell me what are the most common programming languages they come across when it comes to working in a psych lab? I feel like I've seen Python being mentioned, but other than that I have no idea.