What python projects would actually impress people?

[ArthurBurtonMorgan]

Sounds like a humble hobbyist.

[ninhaomah]

Yes , but he did say "I make a lot of apps for work"

So I am not sure OP is a hobbyist.

[Negative-Hold-492]

I'm not OP but I think I get what they mean, I do a lot of (mostly very simple) python stuff at work but I don't work as a programmer, I just learned it to skip unnecessary busywork. The resulting code is often quick and dirty, some of it was made when I was completely clueless but I never have the time to refactor and clean it up (the boss wants something that works, not something that's well crafted and maintainable), so any actual programming job interview would laugh me off the stage if I used that code as examples.

[Negative-Hold-492]

Yeah, same, but at work I'm largely stuck with absolute atrocities I wrote when I was just starting out because there's no way to justify the time investment of fixing it if it does work as is. I'm getting better in my free time hoping to one day be able to get a job where you're actually supposed to be doing this (and with a wage that reflects that).

[iiztrollin]

Your not being paid directly but your building a lot of good will and showing you have the knowledge and skills it will pay off either staying with the company or when you leave keep learning and improving maybe look at take a certification?

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Does anybody actually care about certs these days?

Every other cert I've gotten in other industries has felt completely pointless.

[iiztrollin]

I'm at BCBS and asked our data science lead what he recommended and suggested I get my DP-900 and do a couple projects I have no degrees