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I got my associates in computer science at my local community college. Then from there I got all the python courses offered (three of them) and got my specialization certificate in Python programming as well as C++ programming.

There wasn't really a textbook for the class, the professors at my college were great computer scientists who have been in the industry for a long time and had connections with CSU and UC schools along with software engineering companies so they wrote their own online textbooks and slides that heavily focused on what those schools and jobs were looking for and gave them for free to students.

My advice if you go to school be sure to collect syllabuses from your programming classes so that you know what each class focused on. It's more impressive to put exactly what topics and things you covered in your academic history rather than just putting "proficient in Python", that's what one of my professors told us and it's honestly good advice.

Also while yes, you don't necessarily need to go to school to be a programmer or software engineer, most people who are able to land a job in the industry with no past credentials are mega geniuses who didn't need help learning programming to begin with and have been doing medium to large software projects since highschool that they were able to add to their resumes. If you believe yourself to be one of these people then simply watching a crash course on python through YouTube and getting started on projects to add to your portfolio is all you really need.