Agreed. I learned Java first, and it's a hugely non-optimal choice... but I was playing the hell out of Steve Yegge's game, Wyvern (http://www.cabochon.com), and it was 100% Java/Jython. As such, I had competent developers to talk to.

I work 0% in Java now, of course.

I'd extend this to "The one where you can easily get the most help." The first language is the hardest so learning a language that you can easily get help with is crucial.