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My uncle told me to learn Python first, and 6 months later I'm wondering if he was wrong
Back in January my uncle, who works as a data guy in Denver, sat me down and told me to skip HTML and CSS and just learn Python first because that's where the jobs are. I listened to him and did a free 12 hour course on YouTube, then another one, then some practice sites. Here's the thing, I can write a loop and mess with lists and even pull data from a CSV file now, but I still don't have one single thing I can show anyone. Every time I open a job post it says Python plus SQL plus some framework I've never heard of, or it wants a portfolio, and I have nothing to put in one. My uncle keeps saying to just keep going but I'm 6 months in and I feel like I learned a language but never learned to talk to anyone with it. I keep seeing people say start with web stuff because you get something visual fast, and now I'm second guessing the whole plan. For those of you who started with Python, did you build anything real in your first year, or did you end up circling back to basics like me?
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quinn1618d ago
Isn't your uncle kind of right though? Six months of loops and CSV files sounds boring, but that's the exact same stuff the web people skip, and then they hit a wall the second a job asks them to actually process data. Stick with Python and build one small tool that does something you personally need, like tracking prices or renaming files, and you'll have your portfolio piece way faster than starting over with HTML.
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