Ask HN: Absolute noob here, what programming language to learn to land job with?

Barelly making it out of high school, no real chance to land a college but will ofc try, but I see lot of companies looking for junior positions in PHP or Java in my country, and its very well paid. What has coding language/skill has the best ratio of difficulty to master and application to land a job? PHP or Java or any other? Please help.