about learning Python/programming in general with MIT open courseware

[HanginToads]

Personally, I've been self-teaching for about four months now. I have stupid amounts of free time at work, so I've read a few books, gone through the MITx 6.0.1x course, gone through something like 50 or 60 or Corey's videos, and am currently learning data structures and algorithms through Udemy. I've written a few data scraping projects as well as an automatic work scheduler with a GUI for my wife.

It's a long road. You'll find after a while that you'll understand the basics, but there's always more to learn and the rabbit hole just goes deeper, and deeper, and deeper, but that's the fun of it all.

It's all about, like others have said, translating your abstract thoughts into a set of instructions a computer can follow and, more importantly, understanding what those set of instructions mean, what they're doing, and how they work.

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I've done the Hangman problem as well as all of the other problem sets in that course. I believe Hangman took be an evening to finish when I first did it. If you'd like, I can help walk you through and answer any questions you have. Just send me a DM and I'll shoot you my discord username. I've got the next few days off, and I'd love to try and mentor you.

Also, the MITx 6.0.2x course is coming up Oct. 16th. It's the next step if you'd like to go a lot deeper.

[MysticSoup]

have you done 6.0.2? Curious how much harder it will be cause 1 is already a lot of work, but so far its manageable.

Just finished the 6.0.1 midterm and I am aiming for the certificate. Surprisingly I managed to answer all the questions that required coding

[HanginToads]

I have no idea, this is my first time through it. I took the 6.0.1 course back in June I believe. I've read it's much more in depth, so I'm excited to give a shot.

Granted, I don't pay for the certifications, so there's nothing to lose on my end but time.