I used MATLAB for about 5 years, and then Mathematica, before switching to Python. I even had a job offer to work at MathWorks in Cambridge in about 2014!

And you still think Python has superior matrix manipulation syntax? Because that's at the core of scientific computing.

I think the syntax isn’t that important if I’m totally honest! The library support and ecosystem is much more useful to me than it ever was in MATLAB and tbh I use np.einsum for anything tricky and because performance is better anyway.

Never heard of people who didn't hate Matlab.

Hate is a strong word, but my biggest concern was that it's a closed ecosystem with a high license fee, especially when you start to add modules on.