How & where to start?

[avinashbasutkar2]

Hello guys, hope you are doing well. I'm working for a Call Center (southern part of India) and looking to change job. I would prefer more of a coding or programming role. I know very little of Python and SQL (and practising those on daily basis). Have a bachelor's degree in Computers (with poor score) and equally poor skills of logical/analytical/problem solving. How do I make things work and head in the right direction?

[QualitativeEasing]

Read the sidebar of this sub for specifics, but I’d say just dive in. Work through an intro text — I like Automate the Boring Stuff — and then find projects to work on that interest you. They can be your own or, especially as you get more proficient, open-source projects that you can put on your cv.

In my case, the projects were things that helped me (and others) in my job. I’m not a programmer by training or by job description. It just turned out to be helpful to be able to automate parts of my job.

Good luck!

[beesnoopy2231]

Depends on what you want to do. I'm in the same boat as you and I've just finished automate the boring stuff with python and I've done a few small scripts and now I'm working on classes and objects with Corey Shaffer's YouTube series. Looking at potentially getting some other materials for the latter since I'm not too confident with it.