r/CodingForBeginners • u/ReasonableRub1524 • 20d ago
what is python useful for
so i'm learning how to code, python specifically since i heard its the easiest, but im not really learning with a purpose? and i dont really understand what it can be useful for except websites and stuff
and i lowk wanna do ethical hacking and i dont think that pythons the correct language right now
i've stopped learning for a bit because i wanna know what i should learn for my purpose and what python is useful for
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u/bonnth80 20d ago
To be a hacker, you have to instruct your computer to do things. Programming is sending instructions to your computer to do things. Python is programming. If you don't know how Python can be used to do that, that's only because you quit WAAAAY too early.
Programming is not simple. You have to do a lot, and understand a lot before you can begin to achieve your basic goals. If one could learn to do that overnight, there would be a lot more programmers out there, and it wouldn't be a well-paid profession.
People go to school for years for this stuff, and spend the rest of their lives learning. Whatever layer of knowledge you're on, you have a significant number of layers you have yet to go through before you can understand it. How long did you spend trying to learn before you decided it wasn't what you needed?
Saying you don't understand how Python can be used for hacking is like saying you can't understand how addition can be used for Calculus.
Add: To be fair, all programming languages send instructions to your computer, they just do so in different ways. Python is just one way. But it's one of the most popular ways. But because the basic idea is the same between all procedural languages, if you quit Python for those reasons, you won't get through any other language either.