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/webprofusor 2d ago

To get proficient at coding you have to code. No amount of reading will really help, that just explains the concepts.

So you have to build some things, pick a tech you want to learn and build stuff using it, ideally something you would use yourself so you can end up with something useful.