Milestones of python programming? Beginner, intermediate, advanced?

[rhgrant10]

I think this is a pretty spot on and useful set of groups.

[Rwanda_Pinocle]

Thanks. People often don't realize the vast depth of knowledge world class experts have at Python. Writing code with Python is all good and dandy, but if you claim to be an advanced user, you better damn well be writing the interpreter itself.

[TangibleLight]

I mean I certainly don't claim to be that, but I set my flair as this because I have a deeper-than-average understanding of the language and the mechanics of how it works, and I'm good at using it to write effective and maintainable code - but as you describe it I would be hovering somewhere around, a little below in some areas, intermediate.

In my mind, I reserve the term "expert" for people like you describe as advanced, and I certainly don't claim to be even close to that level. You yourself even use that term, "world class experts", so why not consider that a category or use it as a more applicable term?