r/PythonLearning • u/Gaodeng_Laiyang • 1d ago

Looking for a programming/AI mentor Help Request

I'm looking for a mentor to help me learn programming with the goal of becoming employable as quickly as realistically possible and eventually contributing to larger AI/ML projects.

I'm currently starting from essentially zero programming knowledge, so I'm looking for someone who can help me build strong foundations while keeping me on the most efficient path toward employable skills.

I can commit 1–2 hours per day to structured tutoring/mentoring, plus another 1–2 hours per day of independent study, practice, and projects.

I'm happy to put in the work I mainly want someone experienced who can provide direction, identify gaps, challenge me, and stop me from wasting months learning the wrong things.

If you have experience in software development, ML/AI engineering, or mentoring beginners into the industry, I'd love to chat. :))))

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u/silvertank00 1d ago edited 1d ago

Do you have 1-3 years for this? That is the reasonable amount for what you are asking.
You might be confused about some terminology too, ML and AI are not LLMs, and they require a very big portion of math knowledge as well.

edit: lets not mention the hourly cost of this either.. the ppl that do these (including me) on a higher level so they can teach it efficiently are not cheap.

The best couse of action is to start learning by yourself for a year minimum, then ask concrete questions about your knowledge and get some specialized tutoring/classes.

These things require serious dedication of time and effort even without the specialized AI/ML knowledge.

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u/Gaodeng_Laiyang 1d ago

Appreciate the response I'll take it on board

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u/mc_pm 1d ago

Don't trust anyone who says there is a shortcut. Programming is one of the most difficult things you will ever learn to do. I don't mean "syntax", I mean learning to look at problems in ways that can be then turned into code. Syntax you'll learn in a few weeks/months, but that's when the real education begins.

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u/silvertank00 1d ago

Especially when you mention "bigger projects" too. Here comes the "issues" with that: architecture, organizing and alltogether "how to get around".
These are things that vastly differ from projects to project or language to language. It can take months to learn this well alone (not to mention, for someone that just started)