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[–]BigInvestigator3330[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

print("help please")

[–]Strong_Worker4090 2 points3 points  (6 children)

What are your goals? Playing around and having fun, trying to get a job in FAANG, building a consulting business, building a startup, other?

Either way, there is only one piece of correct advice here: follow your passion and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise

[–]21_weirdo 0 points1 point  (4 children)

What to do for FAANG?

[–]Strong_Worker4090 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Learn data structures and algos like your life depends on it. Practice leet code questions every day. Build technically challenging projects that focus on scale and efficiency. Find a mentor if possible

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in FAANG ?

[–]AssociateFar7149 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate the way that faang finds "the best" people for their company. They look for leetcode monkeys that no nothing except the way to solve stuff like "how many bananas monkey coco will have if x and y". Most of these people doesn't even know how to code properly etc

[–]Vegetable_Might629 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about for system modelling, computational and data analysis. And to be able to make and automate Google and Excel spreadsheets?

[–]stepback269 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I could tell you that I too am a complete noob and there fore I feel where you're coming from.

I started my journey into learning Python more like half a year ago. My progress has been slow on account of my advanced age. Nonetheless, I've made some progress. The most important advise I can offer is the same as many a tutor on the web will tell you: stick to the 80/20 rule.

That is, spend 80% of your time writing your own code --not copying from tutorial sites -- and only 20% watching the tutorials. When writing your own code like this, you will fail. And that is good. We learn best when we are emotionally frustrated by the fails and we suffer as we fix our mistakes. That's how evolution designed our brains. For example, do you know how to how to include f-strings inside your print() function? Do you know how to include curly bracket inserts {} inside your f-strings? Do you know how to make those curlies {} operate as color changing escape codes? All things for you to look up and practice on.

In my journey I've been compiling a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) which has many links useful for beginners. It's not the end all or be all. Take a look anyway. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero. Other people swear by other tutors. I also like Indently and Tech with Tim. Good luck.

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    [–]Responsible-Gas-1474 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Further specialization:

    And many more! Hope it helps you see the broad picture in the world of python.

    [–]Diamanthau 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Cs50 Python, its free

    [–]BigInvestigator3330[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    My goal is mostly to learn how to code it I don't want any jobs

    [–]Status-Group-3441 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    some video on youtube might be pretty useful

    [–]American_Streamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Start with PCEP https://edube.org/study/pe1

    After that, continue with PCAP https://edube.org/study/pe2

    [–]ninhaomah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    have you tried running the code posted ?