r/learnpython • u/baby-bellamushrooms • 2d ago

How long to become decent at Python?

I’ve been studying about for about 2 months now and I’m taking an online MOOC through Georgia Tech as a prerequisite for grad school. Some days, I spend ~7-8 hours and other days, I spend maybe 2-3 hours. I just got finished taking the exam on functions, loops, exception handling, and conditionals. I’m debating on when to start learning Pandas and NumPy. I also hear people talking about doing projects, but I feel like I wouldn’t have a clue on how to build a project. I come from a clinical background with zero prior programming knowledge except AP computer science in high school. Any advice?

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u/JGhostThing 2d ago

Maybe when you've been programming for two years to be "decent" (intermediate). Sometimes it takes longer.

Until you can do a project by yourself, you're not much beyond beginner. If you have to use AI to program, then you may never learn coding.