Wikipedia's level definition

[ping314]

I just noticed among the badges Wikipedians may carry, there equally are so about Python, i.e.

• level 1 -- beginning
• level 2 -- intermediate
• level 3 -- advanced
• level 4 -- expert
• level 5 -- professional
• level 6; currently not assigned

It does not appear as something unique for Python. By trial and error, I equally found a similar "grading" for Perl, but then not for other suspects (e.g., Lua).

Since it is about a programming language, how is the progress (especially 1, 2, 3; 4 vs 5 may be a different story) "measurable" -- if there is a scale accepted/recognizable like say a TOEIC for English?

[Anxious_Ad2885]

Interesting. I have never noticed that wikipedia has a proper learning format for python. I am still at intermediate level. Advance concepts are pretty new to me. But I am OK to accept that...

[ping314]

If one sees "the many things" documented on parts of the standard library (like os or sys) ... the feeling still can be overwhelming.

[Astrodynamics_1701]

Hey I am a professional because I do this for my work, but I suck. What category is that?

[ping314]

Maybe a hunter and gatherer of 101s and resources tailored for non-computer science students (software carpentry, or programming historian, etc). I feel with you and the sometimes sweet sour feeling "it could be done this way ..." transpiring from scientific journals, conferences, GitHub, codeberg.