Comment by CivBase

Python is a very intuitive and easy-to-read language for experienced programmers, but I wouldn't consider it a "beginner-friendly" one. It's packed to the brim with features that are hard for beginners to understand without first coming to grips with a more simple language. Those features are extremely useful for experienced programmers who want to get stuff out the door quickly and easily, but they're overwhelming for novices. Most experienced developers I work with produce what I would consider to be pretty bad Python code - not because they are bad developers but because they haven't had enough experience with Python to understand everything it comes with out-of-the-box.