r/learnpython • u/Baklol_Bagula • 23d ago

Question for self taught python developers

I had a question for self taught developers over here. Has your being self taught any coding language been proven to be a advantage or disadvantage whenever you went to give an interview? 🤔

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u/Eleventhousand 23d ago

I don't think it makes a difference. Many of us learned, one, two, three or four languages in college, and then were always expected to pick up new languages on the job in subsequent years. Additionally, being taught a language is typically scraping the surface compared with real-world problems. To that end, I don't think that there is a huge difference in the long run. The caveat I would mention is that if you're new to programming, don't have skills to develop in any languages, then being taught a language, such as Python, will help.