I'm a polyglot, and I reach for the appropriate tool for the task at hand. I've done basic(s), Perl, python, Ruby, lisp; C, C++, Java. For some tasks, static typing can turn into a huge chore, but my favorite there is C++ because templates provide enough flexibility that you can hand-wave a solution and the compiler will figure it out (or scream). Dynamic typing reduces the character count, and can get a prototype out the door quicker, but in many languages that comes at a cost to performance. I find that I have about the same number of bugs in any language; and I've even had stupid type failures that only crop up at runtime in C++ (sometimes hand-waving at your type system has pitfalls).

Watching juniors at work, I find that it takes them less time to complete a task in dynamic languages, but I think they get better results when the language forces them to think a bit harder.

I'm in a bit of a minority on gradual typing. Give me static types or none at all. Python's approach to typing gives me the heebie-jeebies.