It's 2020. Friends don't let friends write shell scripts.
A colleague answered me: "If we left, there's around 500 people in this building who could support my Bash script, and around 50 Python people."
It kind of stuck with me. At this point, I feel like Bash is one of the common tongues between all tech roles (that deal with Linux, that is).
Python, while nice, is a lot more niche, since you really have to be into development to know Python, while every sysadmin worth their salt can debug a Bash script. And, of course, every SWE, TSE, DOE, .... worth their salt know Bash scripts as well.
If you want to get a job (in the Linux land), bash scripting is typically an "of course".
On the other hand most people don't write bash scripts and usually have to deal with them when encountering legacy systems or languages.
That's not a good sign.
bfox (wrote bash): Nah, Bash disproves that.