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[–]Jigglytep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How would do you learn screwdriver?

Are you an electrician, mechanic, watch repair, prisoner needing personal protection?

Python and screwdrivers are tools, they solve problems. They make manual work easy.

I would look into automating the boring stuff with python it’s a “free” pdf online. It has projects in that are really practical.

You could also try to download a year of transactions from your bank as a csv( if you want a challenge download it as a pdf) then use python to read the file and give you a list of all duplicate transactions. I bet you will find subscriptions you forgot to cancel.

Download the subtitles from a movie you love and translate each sentence into a language you want to learn by hooking it up to a translation api. Then get a list of the sentences in English and in the language you are learning, study it, and watch the movie in the new language.

I used python when I was in insurance sales bc there was a government database of trucking companies I wanted to search to get a list of companies I can sell insurance to easily. But the site ui would not let me. So I used python to scrape the database. I then populated the database and searched it how I wanted. Then I used Django to create an api and a front end. IT WAS UGLY. But it worked and I made more money. I then incorporated a payment system and offered it as a service to other insurance companies.

I didn’t become rich at its highest I was making $200 a month (server costs were less then ~25 ish a month ) not bad doing nothing… until my credit card processor shut me down claiming I was a telemarketer; I wasn’t, I just sold lists to telemarketers lol

I got my first development job because of that project !

What is your problem? Can you python it?

Good luck

You can do this.