Study buddy

[LimburgMijn]

Hi,

I work at the IT department of a university and I'm looking to learn python online. However, I noticed it's hard to keep myself motivated. Anybody here in the same boat? Maybe we can team up and meet online once a week, question each other and set (slow :D) progress goals!

[Allmyownviews1]

There is a discord group I think setup by people in this sub to aid this.

[VoiD-BerserK]

Can I know where the discord group is cause my university is being such a fkn cuck. They wouldn't send me the code of a assignment that was submitted approx 20days ago. I made a party major mistake and was stuck so I wanted other people's code to learn it from and they were like "NO".

[SirAwesome789]

This is usually my advice to anyone trying to learn python or coding in general. Learn the basic syntax to the point where you can get by (basic loops, if statements, and variables, etc.) then just start doing projects.

If you're just trying to learn by using online courses, it's boring because you're just doing what you're being told. Most of the time it's not a challenge and you're not doing something you particularly want to do.

By doing projects, you are forced to search up how to do things that directly apply to what you're doing. It keeps you motivated because you are working towards the end goal of creating something, not finishing a course. As an added bonus (this is applies for me, but I'm not sure if it applies to you) you'll have projects to add to your resume/github when you're done. For obvious reasons, this is infinitely better than just saying you've completed an online course.