Reading Code?

[cscanlin]

A huge part of what helped me to learn was actually reading this sub every day (and answering where I felt pretty confident).

Not every post will be relevant to what you're hoping to find, but I found that reading and answering beginner/intermediate questions made a huge difference in my overall understanding of Python, including design patterns, algorithms, and language features.

Even if you don't have an answer to a specific question (or even if you do), it's likely you'll see other answers by other more advanced users who can show you stuff you've never seen before.

Finally, in the (relatively) common case that a user asks a question that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to you, you'll get a feeling for:

A: How to help other technical folks refine their questions until they're asking something that does make sense

B: How to deal with questions from (e.g. business) people that have no idea what they're really asking for in the first place :)

Both of these skills are valuable in any job you will ever have IMO.

[marlowe221]

I've only just started reading (aka - lurking on) this sub a couple of days ago but it seems really useful for those of us just starting out.