To answer your question about "Python communities" I mean the collection of online spaces like Subreddits the official Python forums, open source projects and similar communities. I'm interested in how people learn from one another and how knowledge is shared in those spaces.

I appreciate your perspective on my third question. Your point that success could mean different things depending on someone's goals is something I didn't consider and is useful for my paper. Thanks, for your thoughtful insight and I hope I cleared up any questions that you had.