People still use C++!?

I find it amusing that people still use C++. I am a big python programmer, which was a transition for me from C++. The python programming language is just far more extensible, easy to program and dynamic variable typing is so easy to deal with that I just can't fathom that many people still program in C++. Many of the best startups on the internet don't touch C++ at all. Do I brush up on old skills or keep moving with the new stuff, a bit of a dilemma.