[brerlapn]

I think this is an approach that will serve you well in leveraging the SO ranking--cedsav mentions at least three skills that it demonstrates, and you should be able to expand on those (knowledgeable enough about Python to be able to understand a problem presented and identify a solution; efficiently communicating solutions to others, for example). Answer the question, "a gold badge, why should I care about that?" until you feel like you've got those skills you really want to highlight listed and honed in a way that you feel comfortable presenting them.

I know this is somewhat standard communications/marketing advice, but I think given your question it will serve you well, as it routes around the dismissiveness of the "it's just a gold badge" to make sure that they understand what it signifies.

Based on the responses to this thread, there are clearly people out there who value that signifier; some good communication will increase that number for you.