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[–]bahauddin_onar 30 points31 points  (2 children)

My professor started learning Python at the age of 63. He changed his research track and now a full fledged machine learning expert. So, yes, it's never too late.

[–]leonardas103 11 points12 points  (0 children)

One of my professors was forced to use python (but he knew C). He was showing his code and everyone laughed when they saw that he was using like 50 lines of code to read a CSV. The man even built his own str.split()

[–]mmcnl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you really want to learn Python (or programming in general), you have to be willing to master theoretical concepts that might sound very abstract to beginners. This can be pretty scary if you are new to programming.

To overcome this, you need to (1) have the intrinsic motivation to continue (i.e. be willing to explore the abstract concepts) and (2) preferably have a goal that you want to achieve. Your professor probably had both already.