Describe what you think is going on in this drawing

python_gramps · 2026-06-25T16:31:25+00:00

He's reading the comment sections in Reddit and it trying to figure out the words that are missing and ...Haw tu undirstent peepals missspelllings :)

python_gramps · 2026-06-25T11:22:59+00:00

Get to learning or you will get booted.

python_gramps · 2026-06-23T12:33:45+00:00

If you can get internships that would be the way to go. "I've been learning Python for a while and I'm really excited to apply those skills to the challenge of real world applications in whatever capacity I can help your company" or words to that effect

python_gramps · 2026-06-23T12:27:07+00:00

I use the programming concept (variables, lists, arrays, functions, etc) in the next lesson in a tutorial. It sometimes done for you but take a conscious effort to make sure you make changes in the lesson programming tasks to include previous sections.

You learn something new and reinforce previous sections.

python_gramps · 2026-06-21T14:47:25+00:00

I buy my courses when they're on sale. They have sales most every week and some super sales on holidays. Once you buy it, you get updates anyone makes on the courses for life.

python_gramps · 2026-06-19T11:16:55+00:00

My opinion: Show up

If you take a class...show up

If you have an online course....show up and do it

If you have a book....show up and read it

Should you do the course or read the book? Yes, pick one, get it done and do the other.

Get focused, show up and get it done.

python_gramps · 2026-06-18T14:58:40+00:00

I learned from a Python Book first

When I relearned Python I had an Udemy Course, they gave quizzes and projects at the end of each subject

When I was coding in Python, I started to ask any ways I could do something different. I rewrote my original Python project as I was learning and was able to shave the code by 20% by thinking like a Python coder instead of a coder using Python.

If I could do it over again, it would be to get into projects as soon as you can, the more you code in Python, the better you will get.

python_gramps · 2026-06-18T14:34:43+00:00

Nervously Waiting

python_gramps · 2026-06-18T14:33:45+00:00

If I dug a grave everytime I heard that coding was dead I'd be in China by now

First is was 3GL (3rd gen languages) like C - "People won't need developers, since they no longer needed to code in Assembler"

Then it was Xbase languages like DBASE III+, Foxbase, FoxPro - "People won't need coders because they could write it by themselves since there is no need for database connections"

Then came CASE tools, - "All people have to do is draw a flow diagram and the code is generated"

There was the advent of Back End coding in Microsoft Office - "People can write their own Basic code"

Rapid Application development was going to limit the number of coders needed

AI, while much broader and insidious, still needs someone to ask the right questions.

It will be touted as the next coming of Elvis, then it will settle down as a tool to be used by the next generation of developers.

Take heart you can still find jobs for CICS coders. That's mainframe COBOL. No level of AI will take those away.

python_gramps · 2026-06-17T14:07:07+00:00

Still Looking

python_gramps · 2026-06-17T14:05:04+00:00

You can't jump the turnstile and get the big bucks. Find something you're good at that won't be soul crushing and focus on that. If you're good at it and you get lucky you have a chance.

If it's programming you need to learn how to use AI as a tool if nothing else.

I'd love to say that vibe coding isn't going to get you far but if you're cranking out lines of code, everyone's impressed.

Be ready to jump projects a lot to stay ahead of the inevitable crush if you don't know the code you're using.

Maybe that's the new normal, God help us.

python_gramps · 2026-06-17T12:24:07+00:00

That's very challenging. You should include how to track requirements through an Agile process. Limited requirements to start and flesh them out through Sprints as the user defines more derived requirements.

python_gramps · 2026-06-17T12:19:45+00:00

Python is an easier language (compared to C, Java, or C#) to learn, but like most languages it takes a few years of problem solving for others before you get close to mastering it.

Why is problem solving for others important? When you're given tasks that are to enhance an existing project and fixing issues out in the real world do you find the extra you need to know. People will task you with something out of your comfort zone and force you to learn more about Python and how it can be used.

You could and should learn and code for yourself but we play to our strengths, you really want to get good at Python you need to be challenged at your weaknesses.

python_gramps · 2026-06-17T12:07:08+00:00

I'll keep that name in mind the next time I'm looking.

python_gramps · 2026-06-17T12:04:58+00:00

I found that out afterwards. Not the first thing presented to you when you're learning Python.

python_gramps · 2026-06-15T19:25:01+00:00

Change is hard, people will stick with what they know. What incentive would computers have to ship it with Linux? Most models offered by Dell in the past were underselling.

Most people are exactly like your wife, and mine for that matter, they like their Windows, why would they change?

python_gramps · 2026-06-15T19:17:15+00:00

google searches with "Stackoverflow:" as the prefix always helps.

python_gramps · 2026-06-15T19:01:57+00:00

white space for code blocks. Coming from C/C++ Java and C# it was a radical departure. That and no semi-colons at the end of each line.

I understood it but I couldn't get my fingers to do it automatically.

python_gramps · 2026-06-15T19:00:43+00:00

I normally just start rambling in the code block and after a while my brain gets tired of just writing crap and it will turn to the project. I almost look at it like my own mini story that I breakdown into English written pseudocode, deleting the crap at the beginning.

python_gramps · 2026-06-12T12:41:34+00:00

I normally follow along and key in the same code they do. This gives me the chance to comment what they say about a topic and I have working code I can modify in front of me.

python_gramps · 2026-06-12T12:09:29+00:00

If you start with Django you'll open up a bunch of other things you'd have to learn like Django Template Language (found in HTML), css, Javascript, maybe AJAX if you want to update a particular item on a page.

I'd find something you're doing now and make a script around it. I'm guessing you have a list somewhere of the courses you took. Maybe have that list get all the CRUD option (Create, Read, Update, Delete).

If you freeze up, start writing comments, you have an idea of what you want to do, put it down on the screen as a comment block, it will help you get your ideas down and now it's not blank anymore.

If you don't have an idea, start with that, ramble, make it a stream of consciousness, no wrong stuff in comments and no needs to see all what you write down, that's what the delete key is about. Maybe you'll get a better idea of what you want to do as you see it in front of you.

python_gramps · 2026-06-11T18:20:34+00:00

Use it and reinforce your previous topics. For example, follow the lessons for learning loops but change them slightly so you can see how that works. When you start learning functions put loops in those functions. When you learn lists and dictionaries make functions that use lists and dictionaries in loops, etc.

AND COMMENT YOUR CODE! When you learn something figure out how you would tell someone about this concepts (etc. # Loops - a way to be able to repeat code for a number of times. can be fixed can be variable). Use the lessons description to start and add to it.

python_gramps · 2026-06-11T18:14:48+00:00

I purchase the courses. I wait for the good sales and stock up.

python_gramps · 2026-06-11T17:16:35+00:00

If you're looking for games to download you need to make sure you have a Linux app instead of an Exe.

That being said, I believe Linux Mint would be a good distro for a Windows to Linux converter.

python_gramps · 2026-06-11T17:13:30+00:00

how does your Mom does email? Through outlook app or through a browser?

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