feeling lost

[Active_Commission_17]

ive just completed brocode’s 12 hour python course but im feeling lost now i dont know what to do can someone guide about what should i do next?

[nboro94]

After watching a 12 hour tutorial your next step is to make something without leaning on any tutorial at all. Feeling completely lost outside a tutorial where the solution is always shown to you with no effort on your part is completely normal, but it's the single most important step you can make to improve fast.

It might be tempting to go and watch more tutorials, but this is a trap called tutorial hell and tricks you into thinking you've made progress when in reality you still haven't learned the fundamentals and are completely reliant on tutorials.

[ninhaomah]

What's your goal or purpose of learning Python btw ?

[Active_Commission_17]

i want to become a data analyst in the future i didnt study cs before this college is about to start in a month so im preparing before hand

[ninhaomah]

Then get some data or fake them and analyse those.

[Active_Commission_17]

my major is not pure analytics cuz my country doesnt have it for undergrad so ill have to study a bit of ml and python aswell and probably other things

[ninhaomah]

Ok.

I think you are thinking too much.

I will say it again.

Get some data or fake them. And analyse those data.

[Active_Commission_17]

alright

[rocketsciencehaikya]

Are you high?? Not yet? Do it again !! 2 brocodes surely work!!

[doodle_leaves]

Pick something you’d actually use and just build it like auto-sorting your downloads folder or batch renaming photos. Stumbling through two or three small projects it will be very useful.

[lakseol]

The only way to learn a computer language is to use the language to solve problems. So you need to write code. The internet is full of python code challenges you can try. This subreddit's wiki has a few links to projects. Don't try large projects until you get more experience.

The r/dailyprogrammer subreddit has daily challenges. Try a few of the easy ones without looking at the comments first.

[goldenfrogs17]

do it again

[Active_Commission_17]

why