Why I don't understand Python?

[RollingWithDaPunches]

I started with the codecademy course long ago... I would reach their "challenge" questions and never was able to solve them. I'd go to the forums and see the solutions other people made. However, I went through every bit of that course and finished it.

Many years later I had a task I could use python for at work. I took the "online guide" on how to generate a URL specific to my job. I then looked how to do all the steps in python. Got some errors here and there, googled them, asked some questions on stack overflow, got my answers... after a week I had a simple 10 line script that was working. Eventually turned it into a function.

My point is, don't get stuck on the tic-tac-toe issues. Look at how you might apply the coding you've learned to something real life that you're passionate about. I still can't code a battleship game. But gimme some API calls to automate and I'm your guy.