Yes, compared to someone who insists on doing all of their computation from python alone, I have a unique (and in my opinion absurd) advantage.

Because I think that's insane. It's one thing if you don't care about speed and you care more about time-to-market. It's another thing if you're complaining about things being too slow but you're not willing to learn about anything that would let you do anything about it. I run into far more of the latter.