I have been a developer for eight years and yet I still get shocked about the places where Python will be used. I mean, it is my favorite language, but in the communities I gravitate towards (basically communities like HN) it has so many detractors for being dynamically typed, not being functional enough, being slow, etc, that sometimes I'm tempted to think maybe it's actually a guilty pleasure of mine, and that I should look for better pastures.

Then I read articles like this and I remember why I like it: it gets the job done, and quickly (for the developers at least). It's why it's so widely used and keeps climbing. Of course, nothing wrong with learning other languages and I do try to keep up, but Python will remain my go-to for the time being.