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by BSVogler 1362 days ago
I think your employment issue is somewhere else. It is not true that all python development switched domains. E.g. you cannot replace your web back-end with AI. And there are many companies which use python for other domains. It is one of the most popular programming languages.
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Web development has moved on to Javascript with a few Ruby on Rails stuff popping up from time to time. React is where the money's at these days.

I don't see Python being used for web much. Neither do I see generic programming being done with it because most companies have moved to Golang for that.

Python is popular for sure but specializing in it was a big mistake on my part. Pretty much every company will have a few internal projects in Python and that's why many of them list Python in their job description. It's also easy to pickup which means that almost everyone will know a little Python.

If I had generalized, my Python skills wouldn't be as good as they are today but my wallet wouldn't be as empty either. Just my 2 cents.