python is usually the next step up in admin land

python is a pretty standard install on linux systems since so many things like you're talking about use it

Don't take issue with the platform. Take issue with companies that are so fanatical with "we're a microsoft/java/javascript/esperanto shop!" that they'd cram it into medical devices and nuclear reactor controls before doing some sort of sober domain analysis.

Everything has its own set of problems.

Technical videos have helped me perfect my pronunciation of "umm" and "uhh."

throw yourself to the wolves

embrace the wolves

Go ahead and graduate to etckeeper if you're targeting /etc

From a historical standpoint, there is also the bad blood of ActiveX, Flash, Silverlight and early Java applets that still leaves a bad taste in people's mouths. It has a slightly steeper uphill battle to fight.

Generally the most supported language on the tool/platform you want to target is the best one. Like SQL on databases, JS/ES in browsers, python in data science related stuff, etc. If multiple are heavily supported then just pick the one that's the most comfortable.

It won't fly. Not when a popular red meat election year topic is breaking google up and one such year is just around the corner.

I can think of surgeon examples but I've never heard of Recruiters Without Borders. Unless it's just CapGemini

Fintech is easy to deal with in this regard.

"do you have code samples you can share?"

"would you be happy if an employee interviewed elsewhere and used your codebase for work samples?"

It's likely not the full story, but there were some crazy export restrictions in the 90s. Apple made a commercial poking at it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkoYlpf3EA