I'm with you there. I started using Mathematica 22 years ago, during first year of college. I've worked as a professional Python developer for slightly less ti

I'm with you there. I started using Mathematica 22 years ago, during first year of college. I've worked as a professional Python developer for slightly less time (18 years). I've built tons of systems in Python, and none in Mathematica, yet Mathematica remains as the best option as a "bicycle for the mind", and that's thanks to the coherent vision of Wolfram research and perhaps Wolfram himself. One thing to add is that Wolfram, as you said, has money. That means he doesn't spend his days fixing bugs in a devops pipeline and questioning his life choices while a scrum master impishly consumes his days on Earth with inanity. He has time to think about stuff, to explore ideas, and he has already explored quite a bit, and has a breath of understanding of math, physics and a few other sciences that the average machine learning engineer simply doesn't have. So, yeah, I'm a Python fanboy, but honor where honor is due.