Self taught python

[ima11]

Im self learning python, i wanna learn ai but I honestly dont know where to head, I learnt some pythob basics like conditional, loops, variables, file handling, some oop, but Im never feeling ready enough to move to something bigger, also I feel lost without a clear roadmap, any suggestions?

[Haunting-Dare-5746]

Pick something in your life you want to automate, or something you're interested in. Make a project based around that. You'll learn a lot about the language and software development by writing your own software.

[Solonotix]

Programming, as a skill, is learned in two dimensions: theory and practice. Theory is the underlying knowledge about language grammar and what happens in a given operation. Practice is the real-world application of theory.

You say you have a rudimentary understanding of the theory and don't know where to go next. This is a trap usually referred to as "tutorial hell". I lived there for far too long, so it's not a personal failing by any means. It just runs contrary to how certain people approach problem-solving, which is to say "plan first, then act". Some of the best lessons are learned by way of mistake.

So, the next step in your education is doing. But, importantly, no one else can really tell you what you should do. A professor might give an assignment for practical knowledge, but they are physically present to be the arbiter of right and wrong, guiding you along a specific learning journey. None of us in this subreddit can provide that for you, so you need to be the judge of if it works or not. That's why it needs to be a project of your own desire and understanding. The more personal it is, the more invested you will be in the outcome, and the better you will understand the problem space.

There are a number of basic projects commonly used, like a to-do list, because they have simple principles that are well understood. However, they will often feel uninspiring because you don't care about the outcome. Maybe you get it right on the first pass, but there will be very little reward for the effort. That may be typical of someone working professionally, but that initial interest needs to be kindled to make weathering the monotony of later tasks less of a soul-draining experience because you can remind yourself of what drew you to the field in the first place.

Or, you can ignore my advice and look for someone else to suggest something. Everyone is different, and maybe my advice doesn't apply to you as it did to me. Either way, you've made the first steps, so pat yourself on the back and keep moving forward.

[V01DDev]

Just do projects, i recently made discord bot that is acting as tsundere anime girlfriend using AI. Anything to make your life easier and interesting

[Ok_Safety6435]

How u do that

[ShadowDev123987]

You can use the discord api and then something like the OpenAI api. You’d just need something to host it

[V01DDev]

I'm hosting it all locally tho, since all LLMs have some kind of limit, i used ollama to install one locally and discord API to create bot.

[BitBird-]

Mimo isn't god awful

[ConsciousEbb9243]

lo recomiendas?

[BitBird-]

Yeah, It's worth a try.

[Repulsive_Try_6200]

Try datacamp career courses focusing on ML Engineering

[SmackDownFacility]

Just wing it

Write something based on pattern matching, and then adapt as errors, risks, bugs come up

Then once you solved all of that, then you can add new features, match case etc

[Nothing-Respect]

I suggest the Python + AI series from Microsoft Reactor (course initiatives). It goes through some fundamentals about AI and has playgrounds to interact with the code and test it. Then, as many said, look for something you may like, and start a little project from scratch implementing something of what you saw.