To that end, I’ve always seen Python and Ruby as similar except Python has all the data goodness and a slightly less popular web framework for which I could always fallback on PHP (Laravel) if I need a web framework that got it all.
Betting on Python a decade ago was a good use of my time.
Would you make the same bet today? Or if not, what other language/technology would you bet on?
I have done enough web to know I'd bet on python over PHP, but only because I know there are several popular web frameworks in python to chose from.
Python is great for making scripts, e.g. to process logs or quickly analyse and plot data for example. I've seen so many of these Python scripts and internal apps that are critical to customer support and keeping other systems healthy. They might not be in the critical path but they help with and speed up work.