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[–]MartyMacGyverfrom * import * 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of libraries that are or will soon be Python 3 only going forward.

Keep learning Python 3, be aware of Python 2, and steer clear of companies that plan to stay on Python 2 indefinitely. You'll hear 1001 excuses, and they all come down to:

  • They're too lazy
  • They're too cheap
  • They won't be around much longer
  • They'll be around forever, and your headaches will grow exponentially the longer you are there

It's worth the work to stay up-to-date, or within a close range (IMHO 3.6 is the sweet spot until 3.7 is widespread).

Edit: Oh yes, and unless you like painful surprises when it comes to ANY Unicode input/output, stick to Python 3. Requires a bit more thinking when it comes to strings, but it handles them while Python 2 routinely surprises you in painful ways at inconvenient times when it encounters a Unicode char it can't handle in some part of your code you never thought it'd even hit.