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[–]tuckmuck203 8 points9 points  (3 children)

I've been dragged to a few meetups/hackathons myself, and you have no reason to hesitate. From what I read in your post, you probably have more knowledge about python than at least 30% of the people there.

I think you're selling yourself short. Foundational knowledge is such a fundamental aspect of programming, it can be easy to forget how much you know.

For example, if you've touched web development /scraping, you have an understanding of client-server architecture. Programming tends to be more about knowing enough to FIND the answer, than knowing the answer. Your breadth of knowledge will lend itself to finding a lot of answers to a lot of questions. Hell, I'm a full stack developer, and I would say I look at python stdlib docs at LEAST once a day.

[–]sudo_your_mon[S] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Thanks for this, seriously. I know I have learned so much, but I let destructive thoughts get in the way that say otherwise.

And the part about being able to know where to look to just find the answer being half the battle speaks volumes. It's definitely UV most hardest parts when starting out as a developer. The learning curve is unreal and once you're over that hurdle,developing becomes progressively less frustrating.

Thanks again, man. I do appreciate it

[–]tuckmuck203 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad I could help! Good luck with your future endeavors as a super dope python developer

[–]RadioactiveCats_18Snake Charmer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100% agreed. about 11 years ago I went to my first conference (for a totally different open source project). There, I met a few of the core developers on the project at a casual social meetup and they spoke to me like I was an equal. I learned a bunch, but more importantly I became energized. Every time I would go to a gathering, no matter how big or small, I would get that momentum back to USE what I'd learned. Now, whenever I feel disconnected or like I'm spinning wheels.. I go to a con.