As someone who uses Python (as well as C# and various others where appropriate) often outside work, this has been exactly my experience.
I only recently discovered a Python meetup in my area and have been extremely impressed with everybody there.
Python is an amazing language with a powerful module system and vast community to rapidly prototype and research almost anything. That said, I care less about its "beauty" and more about its minimalist, lack-of-magic Pythonic philosophy backing the language that lets me get things done quickly and collaborate with others with little overhead.
As someone who uses Python (as well as C# and various others where appropriate) often outside work, this has been exactly my experience.
I only recently discovered a Python meetup in my area and have been extremely impressed with everybody there.
Python is an amazing language with a powerful module system and vast community to rapidly prototype and research almost anything. That said, I care less about its "beauty" and more about its minimalist, lack-of-magic Pythonic philosophy backing the language that lets me get things done quickly and collaborate with others with little overhead.