Need a Software Engineering Mentor

[Chumbimba]

Currently learning python and need assistance. As cool as it would be to act stoic and tell myself I can do this all alone, I cannot so I am reaching out for help. Any takers ?

[Amit]

Yeah dm, I can be of help, if you pay me well

[hamedsf]

seems like you have some extra agitation and you're not patient with the process. just let it go smoothly and don't panic along the way!  

[supremeyingyang]

@Amit

Savage!

@Chumbimba

Well, @hamedsf said it. You gotta be patient. I'm still in no way good enough to guide you, I find that you need to have 10-15 Years of experience to be a good mentor. However, there are some Books I can really recommend:

1. Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook,
2. The Pragmatic Programmer: Journey to Mastery

Ok, here are some instructions to get you really started. Think about something you want to write in Python. Define it clearly. That is your Project. It should be just beyond your capability. Now you set a deadline and you go with it!! After you finish that you do a slighty bigger project. You can do anything in Python but I would recomment that you automate some drudgery work (go to the website https://automatetheboringstuff.com/  for more infos).
For example I do accounting with the command line tool hledger, which puts you entries in a plain text file. Now I automate my monthly entries: Income will be devided into 6 or so accounts (savings, accounts for rent and groceries, material stuff, investing...) and I set an entry with the month I'm doing it. When I set all the 'normal' entries like rent or netflix with that month into the textfile. Easy enough, but it'll save me a lot of time in the long run (all while I can learn the Basics of BASH). You may find something that helps you beeing more productive.

Greetings

Edited June 11, 2020 by supremeyingyang