r/learnpython 2d ago

Starting Learning Python at 15!

My brother and I have both had a shared interest in the technological world and our father is heavily involved with it. When we were younger he tried to persuade us to give coding a go but alas niether one of us was keen on coding back the, however now we are both trying to learn so any tips ,comments, help or advice would be greatly aprreciated!!!

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u/UlisKore 2d ago

I hope you and your brother have fun learning !

Tips I would have given myself :

  • Don't be afraid of None
  • Don't worry about making things perfect or optimized on first try.
  • Test often, don't make your tests dependant on another test and save your tests.

Enjoy!

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u/nirvanatheory 2d ago

Learn by building something. It's not about memorizing syntax, that will happen naturally and you can look up anything that you forget.

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u/Clampy7 2d ago

This is absolute gold.
It’s amazing how many people forget this.

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u/Any_Satisfaction1003 2d ago

I'm 33 and i started learning python. Tbh it turned out to be fun and easy. You'll enjoy it in Shaa Allah

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u/dean_hunter7 2d ago

The market is saturated now.

You wont get high paying just by knowing python.

Also if you can Then build streamlit apps.

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u/TheRNGuy 2d ago

Programming is not only to get job, it's a good hobby too.

Also, it can be useful skill even in different professions (to make plug-in for some program, better alternative or if it doesn't exist at all)

Or become indie developer.

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u/Normal-Bed3203 2d ago

Well my plan was to learn more than just Python, especially with so many "Coders" or "Programmers" using ai to script, I feel like even if it does not become a career path for me it would still be valuable in this world where tech is becoming more advanced and more relied upon without fully looking or understanding what it does.

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u/dean_hunter7 1d ago

Thats a very good approach.

Can you make a simple streamlit app ?

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u/ManzoorAhmedShaikh 2d ago

Any progress so far when you both started again? Since you mentioned it didn't work out in the beginning, so how about now?

Also, if you still want to deep dive in technological world, you can pick some other (No-coding) domain like "AI Automation" for that, you need to learn about tools like (N8N, Make, Zappier, Apollo, etc) and they required you to know the programming 5-10%, while rest of it is technical stuff about webhooks, API keys, xyz

Still, if you want to pursue learning programming again, try learning from "W3schools" as this is so far the best website for learning anything from the complete beginning.

Hope it helps, if you wants to know more, you may ask, good luck to you and your brother u/Normal-Bed3203

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u/Normal-Bed3203 2d ago

We just started a couple days ago and our dad is really happy. Thak you for all the tips as well!!!

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u/Alive_Rock_6437 2d ago

Where did you guys start? I'm also 15 and i want to learn coding as well, I'm doing odin project rn but i don't know where to do python

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u/Normal-Bed3203 2d ago

well we just started and I would recommend so far the yt tutorial from brocode paired with W3Schools

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u/ManzoorAhmedShaikh 34m ago

Yes, W3Schools is perfect for everyone!

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u/Onioncookiecrk 2d ago

I'm 15 too and I started to learn this summer I hope you have an easy time

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u/TangerineTemporary92 1d ago

This is good time to go for learn python if you're interested in technical field

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u/Early_Collection_252 1d ago

I recently started learning Python this summer, and I'm still in college! I think that it's great that someone as young as you are willing to learn a skill like Python! I think that it's great that your dad pushed you to start coding back then, and I wish you and your brother all the best!

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u/Available_Fondant_11 2d ago

The earlier the better. There’s tons of free courses. Havard particularly has some nice free courses on Python. Feel free to add blender to the list of things you’d like to learn. The more time you give to blender the better your results become. It’s a given. Give it 10yrs and you’ll be a one man studio.

Gosh I don’t know how this became a blender pitch. But yeah good luck with python .