When using brew install python and adding export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH to your .profile python still points to the system python executable. Instead you have to add this to the .profile: export PATH="/usr/local/opt/python/libexec/bin:$PATH".

I created a local branch on my computer with this edit but it is saying I don't have permissions to push it. I did a good amount of googling to get this set up so figured I would try to save others the time in the future :)

see first comment on this SA thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5157678/python-homebrew-by-default/48101303#48101303