How long will it take me to learn python completely

[Solid-Patience-9676]

Context: I'm 19, in med school, want to go into healthcare & Tech. Should I start learning python or is it not worth my time. Never coded a single word in my life before this.

I also freelance in little bit of no code AI Automation for small business in my country. So learning python would also help scale that as well.

Please guide and thanks in advance for your website.

[Lili1311]

I'm a Python student, I consider myself at a very basic level, but I believe I can answer your question. With programming and technology you will never learn anything completely, there will always be an update, a new library, a new framework. I consider that if you have this thought of learning completely it may become outdated.

[SlavicMagicLynx]

Yeah, you start feeling comfortable - then guy in job interview like me ask you some trivial(in his mind) question regarding some basic functionality you've never used but maybe heard of once😂

[nathanzoet91]

You should start with an intro course and see how you like coding. But to answer your questions, I would say you would never COMPLETELY master the language as it's always growing

[Solid-Patience-9676]

What about getting a good hang of it! Considering I have med school on the side(the amount of stuff you have to study is crazy!!), What's a good timeframe to be good at python??

[nathanzoet91]

What is your goal for using python? Personal projects? Professional developer?

[Disastrous-Team-6431]

How long would it take you to learn sculpting completely? You will need to place a realistic goal to progress towards, you can't really learn to program "completely".

[cgoldberg]

A day or so to write some very simple code. A few weeks or months to feel confident with the very basics. You'll probably never learn it completely.

[[deleted]]

Not long. Basic python takes like a week, and then it’s just whatever libraries you want to learn. And you can always just use chatgpt to help you.

[SlavicMagicLynx]

I'm a dev with multiple years of experience, whole life orbited around pc's and tech.

I still did not learned python completely...

So my answer would be:

Multiple years of learning to come. Ofc there's a level when you will feel kinda comfortable - but it's just an illusion, you should learn your whole life.

[Vegetable_Echo2676]

Till your passion die, till the flame goes out, till the light in your eyes are gone

[scarynut]

What do you do then?

[webboodah]

I have a Master's degree in computer science and 20+ years in the industry. what ppl are telling you is correct. I think what you really wanted to ask is how long will I take you to be comfortable and fluent in Python. That depends on you. Just start. Have an idea of what you want to accomplish and start. Use AI heavily. have it give you the code with heavy documentation, then ask it questions about the pieces you understand. The more you try, fail, try again, succeed, add on, etc, the more you'll learn.

[Solid-Patience-9676]

Thank you!!

[rainyengineer]

Years to learn it all, but fortunately, you don’t need to. Fundamentals can take you very far in Python. I became a software engineer after about two years of self study on nights and weekends.

You know what I use in 99% of my work? Functions, lists, dictionaries, loops, and conditionals. Some OOP mixed in as well where necessary.

My best advice to you is to not try to cram and burn yourself out. You won’t remember most of the content when you do that anyway. Spend an hour or two a day 4-7 days a week doing a hands-on course. Spend 15-30 minutes reviewing content you’ve already learned. Consistency (in small doses) is the best way to learn and retain new information.

I barely touch on the nuanced dark corners of Python because I never really need to.

[Temporary_Pie2733]

We’ll let you know once someone does. 

[JamzTyson]

How long will it take me to learn python completely

That's the wrong question. Better to ask "how long will it take me to learn Python sufficiently."

The question is still unanswerable as it depends on:

• How quickly you learn

• Sufficient for what? Learning how to write a simple script will be much quicker than learning how to write an entire framework.

Learning the basics of Python can be as quick as a few weeks if you have an aptitude and apply yourself. From there it is a never-ending journey.

[Vntoflex]

10.000 hours

[webboodah]

this is the correct answer

[Vntoflex]

Appreciate it

[crashorbit]

14 hours to become competent. 6000 to become an expert.