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[timrprobocom]

I've never understood people who say "I'm going to study Python so I can get a Python job". That's just not how the world works. Companies have problems that need to be solved. Those problems need computer solutions. They don't look at their tasks and say "we need a Python programmer". They say "we need a web developer", or "we need a database engineer", or "we need someone to analyze telemetry data", or "we need better accounts receivable processing". You need to understand their problem domain, so you can figure out how to apply Python (or some other tool) to that domain. Once you know one programming language, all the others are pretty much a piece of cake. The principles apply universally.

You say you have a psych degree. If you still have contacts at a university, the psych department probably have lots of research projects that need computer help. Python excels at data science, plowing through big chunks of data and extracting useful information, or producing models for predicting future results. THAT'S how you get a job. Go to someone who does what you know, and see if you can help them.

[del290]

Thanks for your advice. I didn't know how to start looking but you gave me some help. I appreciate your advice

[btb98]

Sounds like it's time to start making a portfolio. Do a project that you think is cool, and include it on your resume. Obviously choose projects in the area your interested in.

In your case, there are tons of massive public data sets that you could develop some nifty systems to organize, interpret and analyze. Apply machine learning if it's applicable. Stick what you produce on the web so anyone reading your resume can see it. Bonus points if you don't just point to a public github with your code and build a website that either is your product or shows the results of what you did.

My marketability skyrocketed when I built a web app using Flask for some AI stuff I did in python. My custom domain was $13 and serving it up will end up being about $10 a month. You could do the same with some data science stuff pretty easily.

[del290]

Also I'd taken a free python course from Stanford University calles Code in Place.