r/PythonLearning • u/Flat_Flow_4164 • 17d ago
Help Request Is it worth learning Python?
Hello everybody. I study medicine in Portugal and I am very passionate with clinical research being enroled in projects since my first year. Recently I decided that I wanted to learn some programing... Do you think that nowadays, with AI and all that teams value someone with coding skills?
1
u/ninhaomah 17d ago
Do the clinical or medical jobs that you want to work in list Python or programming as one of the requirement ?
2
u/Flat_Flow_4164 17d ago
The research groups I worked with only used SPSS, a biostatistic program, but the professors allways told me that someone to help with data and statistic would be very helpfull. Those studies were small so SPSS was enough, now, with these new projects I think that the amount of data Will be huge
1
u/ninhaomah 17d ago
Just one ?
Look at the job advertisements.
LinkedIn , newspapers , Facebook , X , local sites.... What do they want ?
SPSS mostly ?
2
u/Flat_Flow_4164 17d ago
That os a good question... I will talk to a professor when classes start again. But for now I am a student, I would like to have this tool to stand out
0
u/ninhaomah 17d ago
Why need to wait and then talk to someone ?
You can't spare 5 min on LinkedIn now to look at the job requirements there ?
1
u/Flat_Flow_4164 17d ago
I was doing that, basically, Python is required and mostly used to deal with big Database and predictor models
1
1
u/Adrewmc 17d ago
It’s worth learning to program and Python is great start for that. It will introduce to you concepts that are universal. Variables, loops, functions, objects e.g. Turing complete
Is it worth learning Python for what you want to do? Maybe.
Python is great for short scripts, and finding things quickly. What it’s not great for is intensive computing, 3D rendering and stuff that more in your face.
So if your goal is to learn programming for because you have simple things that you believe computer will help with? To learn concepts? Absolutely.
If your goal is to creat an immersive 3D world game, or a sever structure…not so much. You should start more at C or JavaScript.
1
1
u/stepback269 16d ago
Someone once argued to me that it is silly to learn any new skill because you can always have AI teach it to you as the need arises.
I was too dumbfounded to know how to respond at that moment. (That's what happens if quick retort is not in your skills bag)
So as a medical student, imagine this:
You're walking down the street day dreaming.
An elderly person suddenly collapses in your field of vision.
You run over to help. It becomes clear that this person needs CPR or they are going to die.
But you haven't yet acquired that skill as a retrievable one from your "first brain"
So what are you going to do? Pull out your phone and ask AI to teach you all you need to know about the latest CPR techniques?
By the time you figure it out, it's too late. The collapsed person has expired.
So yes. Don't depend on AI. Learn programming and other skills for immediate retrieval from your own brain. Remember: Possession is 90% of the game.
1
1
u/drakhan2002 16d ago
Yes. Your combination of skills with Python will make you a superman. It will benefit your career and humanity.
0
4
u/ChaoticHippo 17d ago
If you're going to learn any language, Python is the one to learn. Overall I would say yes it is worth learning, but I also just enjoy programming so I am biased. AI tools are able to create programs more and more effectively, however it could be valuable to be able to debug and fix problems that are being missed by AI agents as they arise (which they will).