I have been using Python since version 1.5, and while not in web dev (I run a data team: ETL, BI, viz), I never went OOP in Python and do just fine. We write co

I have been using Python since version 1.5, and while not in web dev (I run a data team: ETL, BI, viz), I never went OOP in Python and do just fine. We write code in Go too, which has a growing presence in web dev, and is not OOP at its core, compared to something like Java. Where I can't speak to the development of code interacts with browsers, procedural code and limited functional paradigms (apply like operations in Pandas, and dplyr in R) are still very useful. IMO it depends largely on the teams you would work with. A shop that has people or code with a strong OO foundation won't be a good fit. Bluntly, I believe OOP is over used in some cases. Like all successful approaches it has good and bad applications, the latter not a barrier to widespread misuse. Maybe instead of picking a segment of coding (web dev), find one where the tools and techniques fit your preferences. If web dev or front end is dominated by what you dislike, pick one that has opportunities where you fit?