The Python paradox revisited

Seven years after, it is still a very good read the Python Paradox by Paul Graham:


"if a company chooses to write its software in a comparatively esoteric language, they'll be able to hire better programmers, because they'll attract only those who cared enough to learn it. And for programmers the paradox is even more pronounced: the language to learn, if you want to get a good job, is a language that people don't learn merely to get a job."

Python isn't an esoteric language no more, but I think people today still use Python not because they think it will help them to get a job, but because the language get the job done in a very elegant, and quick way...and the code gets so good looking and readable...