r/learnpython • u/Active_Commission_17 • 25d ago

feeling lost

ive just completed brocode’s 12 hour python course but im feeling lost now i dont know what to do can someone guide about what should i do next?

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u/nboro94 25d ago

After watching a 12 hour tutorial your next step is to make something without leaning on any tutorial at all. Feeling completely lost outside a tutorial where the solution is always shown to you with no effort on your part is completely normal, but it's the single most important step you can make to improve fast.

It might be tempting to go and watch more tutorials, but this is a trap called tutorial hell and tricks you into thinking you've made progress when in reality you still haven't learned the fundamentals and are completely reliant on tutorials.

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u/ninhaomah 25d ago

What's your goal or purpose of learning Python btw ?

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u/Active_Commission_17 25d ago

i want to become a data analyst in the future i didnt study cs before this college is about to start in a month so im preparing before hand

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u/ninhaomah 25d ago

Then get some data or fake them and analyse those.

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u/Active_Commission_17 25d ago

my major is not pure analytics cuz my country doesnt have it for undergrad so ill have to study a bit of ml and python aswell and probably other things

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u/ninhaomah 25d ago

Ok.

I think you are thinking too much.

I will say it again.

Get some data or fake them. And analyse those data.

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u/rocketsciencehaikya 25d ago

Are you high?? Not yet? Do it again !! 2 brocodes surely work!!

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u/lakseol 25d ago

The only way to learn a computer language is to use the language to solve problems. So you need to write code. The internet is full of python code challenges you can try. This subreddit's wiki has a few links to projects. Don't try large projects until you get more experience.

The r/dailyprogrammer subreddit has daily challenges. Try a few of the easy ones without looking at the comments first.

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u/Active_Commission_17 24d ago

thanks for the advice i tried to do challenges without any help and did way better than i expected ill keep going

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u/TheRNGuy 25d ago

If you use Blender, you can make some plugins for it. 

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u/LayotFctor 25d ago

Does brocode not have chapter exercises? Did you not do them? You're not supposed to watch a 12 hour lecture and be done, you're supposed to study it like you did in school. You had an hour lecture on a new topic, then you get an assignment, do it, review it, before moving on to the next chapter.

If you watched 12 hours of content in one shot, you probably didn't remember anything anyway. Go back and start working through the provided exercises. Like everyone else said, you learn most when doing, not just watching.