I had the exact same experience: being a new employee at companies A and B, with large Python and Scala codebases respectively. At company B it was far easier t

I had the exact same experience: being a new employee at companies A and B, with large Python and Scala codebases respectively. At company B it was far easier to get on board and start writing code, and it has remained easy. Trying to make sense of Python was truly demoralizing, and a significant part of why I left company A.