When my work started to demand more code to be written outside of the browser, node was the perfect transition, because I was already comfortable with JS. I was

When my work started to demand more code to be written outside of the browser, node was the perfect transition, because I was already comfortable with JS. I was able to achieve a lot with node & bash in terms of automation. Eventually I decided to leave my comfort zone and really learn python and I haven't looked back since. I find writing python much more intuitive compared to js, and I stick to js inside the browser.