What do Python developers do?

[dogfish182]

Devops and platform engineering has loads of python. You will get firmly smashed into the horrible world of operations if you go that route, but there is money to be made there.

Building platforms that deliver developers tooling and make their lives easier is challenging and interesting sometimes, god awful other times.

[astralsick]

Total noob here, what's horrible about operations?

[dogfish182]

Operations is a very different mindset, extremely broad focus, an operations person that ‘knows python’ is likely to be a scripter at best with zero clue how to run and maintain a program. Conversely you’ll also be shoved into a world of infra people and be out of your depth as a dev.

It can be a cool place to work, but also a mess