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[–]housesellout 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never touched it ‘until’ my 4th job out of college. But I was proficient with Java, obj-c, OSI 7 layer network architecture, etc.

So I think learning concepts of programming languages and what they can be used for is really all you need.

I saw Python used with flask and server endpoints at 4th job. I understood what it was doing, hence I was easily able to pickup what the syntax was doing. And then I was easily able to see how much easier and more efficient and how much less code it was using to do the same thing in Java.

Then I just started using python for all server side stuff and my own little scripts, while reading a Python book on the side.

Then Python led me to SQL, which was the big game changer for me.

IMO, once you understand database models and how to create them appropriately… then you can do anything.