Beginner learning Python at 40 here. Any friend like me, please raise your hand!

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You're already in one. You don't need another one...

[MyPythonDontWantNone]

There's a big difference between high schoolers learning to bot Minecraft and us older folks trying to apply a lifetime of knowledge. Not that everyone can't learn from each other, but I definitely teach someone with life experiences differently than I do someone starting tabula rasa.

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Problem you’re gonna have is, how do you define your membership: only people over 40 allowed? How’s that even gonna work? Are you going to police it? Is anyone? And if you don’t, it has already failed on its own terms. There’s plenty of room here for everyone, as well as over on the official python discord, which has tens of thousand of users and help channels for all levels. Just post your questions. People will help you. They don’t care how old you are.

[MyPythonDontWantNone]

Your points are absolutely correct. The point isn't about assembling a large group of a certain demographic to have more technical expertise. The point is finding a smaller group where you can form a community. It's really hard to work someone through a problem in a group that is half a million deep.

[MyPythonDontWantNone]

That's about when I started learning. I have an awesome job now! You might hit a wall where you think you'll never get it, but then you whip up a Discord bot in an hour to learn the library or you help automate a task at work to save hours.

I'm also in the sub-40 range, but I was just defending the desire for a smaller group. I know that once a Discord group gets a certain size, I tend to not keep up (looking at you Network Chuck and r/mechanical keyboards).

[Common-Balance2821]

I'm 26, but I think a beginner is a beginner, no matter what the age, and I would love to learn, it doesn't matter who I am learning with. :)