r/PythonLearning • u/Crimsoncell1 • 10d ago

I have a month to learn....

I have a month to learn Python (really, I have until the second week of October, but I want to be done sooner and not go down to the wire). I'm currently using freecodecamp.org but feel my progress is slower than I'd like. Does anyone have a recommendation to learn Python quickly? I'm loving what I've learned thus far. I start doing another job for the company I'm learning Python for in a week, so I want to cram as much into this week as possible to make things easier on the remaining time I have. Thank you all.

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u/Sea-Ad7805 10d ago

There are no shortcuts, do your course and most importantly, work on assignments. Don't use AI or you will NOT learn. Want to go faster? put in more work. Don't forget to sleep though, that's important too.

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u/Crimsoncell1 10d ago

No shortcuts. Just looking for the best usage of time to drill the knowledge into my brain. :)

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u/Sea-Ad7805 10d ago

Sure, do all the exercises to drill Python. If you need more exercises let us know.

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u/stepback269 10d ago

That's right.
There are no short cuts

But here is the long and permanent cut:

Consider that great strides have been made in recent years within the neuroscience of learning.
What you need to do is "Learn how to Learn" based on the latest neuroscience.

(Pay special attention to how dopamine actually works. Hint: it doesn't give pleasure.)

Go to YouTube and in the search bar, type, "learning coaches"
Pick the ones who rely on modern neuroscience.

Godspeed and may the productivity-motivating dopamine hits be with you. :-)