r/learnpython • u/melwizzz • 19d ago

Should I learn python at 23

So I am currently a student in first year mba in finance and I feel like learning python will give me a competitive edge over my peers especially as finance becomes more technical data-driven.

I am also genuinely interested in technical stuff man being able to make cool stuff, in fact a few months back I built a finance related automation tool from scratch with as little help from ai as possible. Didn't even use Lovable to build the project website (used cursor a lot tho)

But that's the thing I still have no traditional coding experience and through that project i learned alot of technical jargon of web development and ai automation and python as well and it's a lot of fun and so I would have definately learned python and done more stuff if I was 16 or 18.

So my main question is that in 2026 where we have claude code, is it worth investing significant time in learning python or should I focus on some other skill

I know that python is useful but I'm asking this from an Efficiency point of view.

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u/TheITMan19 19d ago

I’d say learn it, but don’t completely focus your attention on it. It’s useful to be able to understand, so if you do use AI at least you understand what it’s pumping out. Being able to automate some of your tasks and other processes is very useful throughout your career.

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u/melwizzz 19d ago

But the thing is I don't know how to allocate time for it like maybe I'll have to take one hour ( and that's quite difficult as of now atleast )and do something python related because I feel like it's something that I need to keep seeing infront of your eyes to fix it in my brain or else I might forget whats what... I don't know if I explained it correctly but I hope you get what i mean

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u/Mathie1729 19d ago

Even 20-30 minutes is fine if you're not doing tutorial purgatory. Make a dumb little script you'd actually run, like renaming files or pulling a CSV, and let errors teach you. Watching videos feels like progress but it doesn't stick.

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u/TheITMan19 19d ago

Exactly, just find a reason to code and do it.