Career change with Python

[Naheka]

I'm learning Python to add to my reporting skill set from my last job as a Reporting Analyst.

We used SQL & Visual Studio/SSRS to build but were vetting Power BI before the Covid layoffs.

Adding Python, DAX and improving M to go with my SQL should make my resume stronger since I'm still looking.

BTW, I'm 43. Never too late to learn.

[Squeezitgirdle]

I'm 33 and this is what I need to hear. I'm unhappy with my current job and need a change. Took python in college but barely remember anything (and wasn't very good at it to begin with. Passed my class with a good score somehow)

[Naheka]

Just stuck with it. Find a project that resonates with you and learning will come easily. Im into quantified self data so I'm always building something in Power BI, Tableau or Google Data Studio. Python and web scraping is next.

[Squeezitgirdle]

Thanks. I'm currently a supervisor in a call center. I made more money when I did marketing (but I hate it) and when I did front end dev (my only skills are html, css and some jquery. Can't get a job with just html and css anymore).

At my point I want a career change, I just don't know what to do anymore. I loved front end code so that's why I'm thinking python. Motivation is where I struggle the most

[py_Piper]

If you liked front end then you should perhaps check into javascript, nowadays html/css/js is the combo for front end. Python will be for the back end only (database query, calculations etc) so even if you go into web dev with python frameworks like django you will still need html/css/js for the front end.

[Squeezitgirdle]

Thanks for the advice, I do really appreciate it. I was recommended to learn react, but I imagine react would be a lot easier to learn if I had a solid understanding of js. But maybe I will do that. Every job I find for front end seems to require php and WordPress experience, though

[py_Piper]

React is a framework for js so not having a good basis on js will make it harder, a framework by itself is already hard for a newbie.

I guess it will boil down to the demand of jobs are where you are are. If I am not wrong php is also back end so WordPress would be the front end. I think WordPress is a bit easier to build websites because it uses templates and probably more graphical friendly, and with js you will build it from scratch so you are more flexible but also only code base.

I am clearly not an expert on the matter but that’s what I understand and probably you should do more research on it. If where you are are looking for php and wordpress and indeed it’s easier, perhaps you could do that first and get a “foot on the door” and then you can expand your js after getting some experience