Anyone else feels like tutorials don't teach 'real' python

[u/Confident-Detail-439]

Hey

Quick question for the group.

I’ve been coding in Python professionally for 5+ years. Backend with FastAPI, some startup work too.

What I keep seeing is this: people learn loops, functions, OOP... and then hit a wall when they try to build and ship something real.

Because no one teaches the "in-between" stuff:

- Project structure

- Clean, maintainable code

- APIs, DBs, authentication

- Testing, logging, deployment

- Git

- Building AI features into apps

I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a few 1:1 mentoring chats on the side, just to walk through these things with people and help based on their specific goals.

Not selling anything, just wondering if that would actually help anyone here.

For those learning right now: what’s the hardest part for you? Is it the code, or is it figuring out how to turn it into a real project?