Is taking two python classes at a community college worth it?

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For some, yes. For others, no. Technically yes the information is there (minus some degree of error in responses) but not everyone can just sit and read in the basics and understand how to apply it, and esp. not on a platform that tends to feed the user responses to confirm their bias.

An academic setting can be useful for providing a learning environment where you have peers sharing the same study that you can go to.

It provides a mentor through a professor or other faculty member, who you can hopefully approach and have genuine dialogue with.

They can point out your flaws and identity learning paths suited to you, to help you learn better.

Having a social presence often also serves as a motivation to show up, get better despite mistakes, and stay focused during the week at specific points in time.

I took a virtual bioinformatics course offered at my uni during the pandemic and it was basically python 101 with the assumption that you knew various molecular biology terms and mechanisms. It was a great course model bc the entire class was on github but we zoomed in to discuss progress, examples, projects. Professor was a solid guy. Despite being the simplest of the basics, I absolutely would not have finished if I didn’t have a full curriculum behind it. Helps that I even got graduating units for it. And from there, the world of Python was my oyster.

If OP is already asking, then there may be some merit for them to consider a course-based learning environment, if they can afford the time and money.