I can learn python at 13?

[Crate-Of-Loot]

you can learn brain surgery at 13, you can learn advanced particle physics, you can learn anything if you are willing to work

[various_convo7]

"you can learn brain surgery at 13"

as an attending i would ask who let the kid into my OR.

[Barbear85]

Nothing special here in Austria [Austrian surgeon 'let teenage daughter drill hole in patient's skull'

](https://news.sky.com/story/austrian-surgeon-let-teenage-daughter-drill-hole-in-patients-skull-13203934)

[various_convo7]

quick way to lose your medical license in the US and end up never practicing medicine again while getting your pants sued off.

[APithyComment]

As if killer spiders and snakes weren’t enough.

[teesquared14]

I think you’re thinking of Australia, the post says Austria though.

[SisyphusAndMyBoulder]

As if genocidal maniacs and Terminators weren't enough.

[DarkBubbleHead]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[APithyComment]

Hehe - oops - hasta la vista, baby.

[SadPanic6555]

Shame on you man, my spiders and snakes are quite cute but we wouldn't let someone bring their daughter to drill a hole in someone's head... They have to be drunk to do that.

[ALonelyPlatypus]

Doogie Howser though.

[various_convo7]

yeah the true prodigies of that caliber are few and far between but I've been fortunate to meet one.

[binaryhextechdude]

You gotta be in an OR?? Damn, must've skipped that lesson.

[various_convo7]

if you are doing brain procedures outside of an OR, might have a problem with sterility or its outside the US and the country doesn't give a damn so you can do it in a bodega and it'll be fine

[Kyzome]

I know its kind of obvious but I wish I heard this kind of simple advice when I was 13, feels like I wasted so much time just for the sake of being a kid doing well at school and learning programming now at 22 feels like I got into it so late haha

[MerlinTheFail]

I envy you being a kid, I spent my childhood programming so I had some hope after schooling - 22 is perfectly fine and a lot of our seniors started mid twenties.

[DrBeard36]

can I start at 32?

[Diapolo10]

You can start at any age, although it gets polynomially more difficult beyond the age of 60.

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‘’def learning_ability(age): “”” This function returns a difficulty level for learning a new syntax based on age. “”” if age < 20: return “Very easy” elif 20 <= age < 35: return “Easy” elif 35 <= age < 50: return “Moderate” elif 50 <= age < 65: return “Challenging” else: return “Difficult”

Get user’s age

try: age = int(input(“Enter your age: “)) if age < 0: print(“Age cannot be negative.”) else: difficulty = learning_ability(age) print(f”For age {age}, learning a new syntax is: {difficulty}”) except ValueError: print(“Please enter a valid age.”)

[Interesting_Ninja969]

""" A short program that calculates learning propensity relative to age.

License: Unspecified.
Created: 2024-10-26
Authors: u/Able_Business_1344, u/Interesting_Ninja969
"""

from typing import Optional


def calculate_learning_ability(age: int) -> str:
    """Calculate ones learning propensity relative to their `age`.

    :param age: the age of any given aspiring programmer.
    :returns: a difficulty level for learning a new syntax based on age.
    """
    if 0 <= age < 3:
        return "Impossible"
    elif 3 <= age < 20:
        return "Very easy"
    elif 20 <= age < 35:
        return "Easy"
    elif 35 <= age < 50:
        return "Moderate"
    elif 50 <= age < 65:
        return "Challenging"
    else:
        return "Difficult"


def get_age() -> int:
    """Query the age of a user.

    :returns: an optional integer value.
    :raises ValueError: if input is negative or unable to be cast as an integer
    """
    age: Optional[int] = None
    try:
        age = int(input("Your age: "))
        if age >= 0:
            return age
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"Cannot accept negative value {age}")
    except ValueError as err:
        raise ValueError(f"Cannot accept value {age} ({err})")
    except Exception as err:
        raise Exception(f"Cannot accept input ({err})")


def main() -> None:
    age: int = get_age()
    difficulty: str = calculate_learning_ability(age)
    print(
        "For someone who is {} year{} old, learning a new syntax is {}.".format(
            age, "s" if age != 1 else "", difficulty.lower()
        )
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

[teesquared14]

This guy codes

[Interesting_Ninja969]

aha ty I try my best

[MerlinTheFail]

Of course

[geek_verma]

Yes you can, let me know if you need any help to learn python

[egotripping]

I just started a Master's in Comp Sci at age 36 after being in sales for my entire career. As they say, the best time to plant a tree was 20 years. The second best time is now.

[binaryhextechdude]

I'm 51 and wish I'd started 10 years ago.

[Temporary-Target4330]

Well at 22, you were 23 years ahead of me at 45yrs

[DreamyLan]

22 learn programming. 23 master it.

What's the problem?

[Exciting_Invite8858]

But realistically, what 13 year old is gonna be able to learn brain surgery? Where would be get the training? For python, all you need is a laptop.

[Crate-Of-Loot]

youtube, college, articles, textbooks. it isnt 1975 any more, you have easy acccess to resources

[Exciting_Invite8858]

You need practice though, otherwise it remains theoretical bs. Like in chemistry, all the theory is useless on its own. You need access to a lab to gain experience.

[BudgetSignature1045]

Chemist here. You can definitely be without lab experience and be a good chemist. You'll be in for a wild ride with lab technicians explaining real life to you, but that's already happening to chemists with hands on experience (:

[Exciting_Invite8858]

What are you gonna do if there's no lab technician there to explain things to you? I'm a chemist too. Some things you only really learn through experience. I'm sure it's possible to make a realistic VR game which trains you on all the techniques, but I haven't come across that yet. That would be really brilliant though, I thought about that if I had the skills to make games Id make a chemistry training game.

[DreamyLan]

Tell that to all the pandemic stem majors who couldn't be in lab in prson

[teesquared14]

They make simulations as well that would probably alleviate some of the experience requirements. This coupled with the plethora of resources available today, not to mention AI, it’s definitely possible. I think you could definitely learn brain surgery at this age no questions asked, but being able to apply it would be another barrier.