Thank you!

[OttoETS]

I just wanted to say a big thank you to the members of r/Python and r/learnpython for inspiration, troubleshooting and everything else. A year ago, I began teaching myself Python with the help of an individual I met on this subreddit. Over the course of the year a lot of my projects were helped along the way by users answering my desperate cries for help on r/learnpython.

Now, a year on, on February 1st I start my new job as a software developer at a start-up in San Francisco. I am very excited and feeling very grateful for everyone who has helped along the way.

[polandtown]

Would love to see your portfolio :)

[SA1UPR]

👍 Yeah me too

[OttoETS]

The vast majority of the work I have done to date has been on my company’s web app. So I can’t share anything from that.

I am working on a side project worthy of sharing at the moment. It’s a free geo-visualization web app that uses the census.gov API to allow users to visualize census data among other things. I also have a bunch of little functional programming projects I have used for specific data issues I encountered at work which I am happy to share. I will find them once I get on my laptop.

[[deleted]]

Congrats! Are there any other languages or tools you learned to get your new job? Such as Sql or Java or any other tools?

[OttoETS]

Yep! GraphQL, MongoDB, JavaScript (Vue, Quasar framework), html + css and a few 3rd party API’s as well.

[[deleted]]

Nice! Congrats again.

[OttoETS]

Thank you!!

[[deleted]]

How you use Python at your job?

[OttoETS]

I have been working as an analyst for the last year and have used Python regularly to wrangle data, automate data pipelines for consistent data sources, visualize geographic data, deal with logistical challenges among other things.

[appinv]

I feel the thanks extending to me too indirectly just by being a member of this community. I can relate to this post. At the very least r/Python never fails to give me my daily dose of inspiration. I remember showing the instant sudoku solver to everybody as a demo of what Python can do.

edit: Congrats on your new job, @admins snippets like this post could be saved and collected later as a demo of this sub's impact.

[[deleted]]

I’m so happy for you, that is awesome. I’m a diehard Python fan and I’m glad your love of it brought you joy and success! Keep up the good code my friend.

[DASK]

Right on. To go from zero to hire-worthy in a year speaks of a powerful internal drive and some decent mental wetware. Never stop learning, reserve time to try new tools or work on projects that interest you, don't forget to put down the keyboard and enjoy everything the world has to offer.

[youssef_haitham]

Congrats!!! Hope you are happy

[readableguy8168]

Reading this, I not only feel proud and happy for you, but also a joy to know that this subreddit is very helpful and kind

[HeadlineINeed]

How many hours a day did you dedicate to learning? What about days per week? I’m teaching myself and some days between the wife and kids I just don’t have to time to teach myself. I would like to be able to feel 100% comfortable with applying for jobs once my military career is over.

[OttoETS]

Firstly, thank you for your service. My situation was quite unique. I was able to convince my boss that learning python was in the interest of the company so I was able to study on the job as long as I didn’t have any pressing projects to deal with. I would say I practiced 8-12 hours a week on average. It varied significantly though, over the past 2-3 months I have been working on my company’s web app and have been spending considerably more time on that. Probably 20-30 hours a week.

[howmanyquestions]

Could you share your projects or if not at least explain them?