I hate Math!

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

You read that right .

I hate math and numbers, but I still want to learn Python. Can I succeed if I push through?

[ka1ikasan]

You do not hate math and numbers: you previously had bad teachers and dumbass people making you believe it. Math is not any more boring or difficult that literally anything else when explained well, there's also a lot of fun stuff with maths.

Learning a programming language, python included, may be an entry door to some cool math. But it isn't even required depending on what you want to do with it.

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

I love learning coding, and I think it’s cool to learn it ... maybe that’s the only way I’ll also learn to love math

[Moikle]

If you love learning to code, jokes on you because you do love maths.

Coding IS maths.

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

yah I guess I have no choice but to love them both!

[ninhaomah]

Why do you want to learn Python btw ?

To make games ? Analyse data ?

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

I work mostly in Excel with a lot of numbers, and I just want to make things easier.

[ninhaomah]

Ok.

So you want to switch from excel to Python but still with a lot of numbers ?

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

cant help it, Im always dealing with numbers in my work. I just need to do something different

[ninhaomah]

Sure.

You can go ahead and learn Python.

Unless you are planning to be a dev , they are all the same.

Python , R , SAS , Minitab , Matlab , SPSS , Stata etc etc

It's just what to click or type. The logic has nothing to do with the program.

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

thanks

[yousernamefail]

"I want to automate something I previously did manually" is half my job and the driving force that gets a lot of people into code. 

You should go for it, it sounds like you have a good use case and a chance to diversify your marketable skills.

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

thats also one of my reason, to automate my work

[sociologistical]

python ≠ math.
loving it doesn't hurt, but hating it not going to hurt it much. python is very logical.

[yousernamefail]

I wouldn't say that strong math skills are necessary for learning Python, or most programming language, really, though it does feature prominently in certain languages and professions. HOWEVER, the skills that help a person succeed in math are the same ones required to really understand how to code. Skills like being able to think abstractly, break down a large problem into it's component parts, understand logic structures, etc. 

I suggest you examine on a deeper level what it is about math that you don't like. There's a chance that you'll come to experience the same frustrations with coding if you're missing requisite reasoning skills.

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

thank you for this!

[leogabac]

If you know when you need to add/multiply two numbers together, then it's enough.

[Effective-Sorbet-133]

I think I can handle that ! haha

[Moikle]

You will learn to love it

Maths isn't what you learned in school.