The quote in the article is "as fluent in Python as we are in multiple other languages”… Russian is mentioned elsewhere, so gets incorporated by reference rather than directly here, but Python is still the exemplar she used for computerese.
Mastery in every domain is great, but part of that is knowing that mastering Python isn’t mastering any CS domain.
It kind of is relevant, Python seems to be a go-to language for “hacking”, isn’t it? When you look at computer or software vulnerability POCs, it is usually Python.
In late 2025 the foreign intelligence service of any <=G20 nation should, realistically, see Python competency as roughly equivalent to arithmetic, shoelace-tying, or conversational English… my point is it shouldn’t be a reach goal.
Mastery in every domain is great, but part of that is knowing that mastering Python isn’t mastering any CS domain.