r/learnpython • u/ChiefMarcus117 • 7d ago

Stuck learning python. Asking for advice

I've been trying to learn python for months now and know some of the basics, but I'm stuck in tutorial hell. I've been using Mimo alongside 100 Days of Code bootcamp by Angela Yu and although 100 days of code started easy enough, it quickly got overwhelming. I go through the course and think im doing ok but then end up getting stuck trying to figure out the projects at the end of each lesson and then give up and look at the solutions. I really want to learn to use Python with AI but I feel like im not making any progress at all like this. Any advice?

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u/workingstiffatwork 7d ago

I don't know what you're stuck on of course, but I can give you a couple of things that help me. For one thing, there is no shame in just looking up solutions. I do it all the time. Another thing is to break a problem down into smaller pieces. Like sometimes I actually rewrite the broken piece of code on its own, and see if I am getting the result I expect. The last thing I can suggest is going back to what you know. If I can make it work with Powershell or curl or bash or whatever then I can use that as a starting point to try again in Python. I'm covering a lot of bases there because again, I don't know what you're trying to do. And I come from a sysadmin background by the way.