Grok-Introduction-to-Programming-Python VS professional-programming

Learn Python. You don't need to know a massive amount, just enough to be able to read the code and have a basic understanding of what is happening. A good place to learn this outside of the class is https://groklearning.com/course/intro-python-1/

For anyone taking the Introduction to Programming (Python) course on Grok Learning; the Australian/New Zealand learning platform that is issued by most Public Education as part of IT/DT classes and their respective counterparts. I have recently completed the course and have attached the answers to my GitHub repo. I would advise attempting the questions yourself prior to checking the answers. The answers are sorted by Modules, I do recall there being a repo like this before but I do believe it was privated.

The inclusion of the perspective section: https://github.com/charlax/professional-programming?tab=read... I think is really smart. Same for personal productivity. Two things that can dramatically change how and what you end up studying and doing with your time / life.

I did a coding bootcamp and yeah the frontend knowledge they taught was useful, but I could have learned that online for free. Looking back, the far more valuable thing I learned was how to discipline myself and my time - that was the first time in my life I was truly disciplined and mindful in how I spent my time. I also got perspective I'd never seen before: there was some folks in my cohort that were in their 30s and 40s and undergoing career change, and I learned two things from them: First, don't stress too much, your life has much more flexibility than you might expect (this truth is borne out, they all have perfectly successful careers in their new lives as engineers), and second, make a great use of the time you have.

Bog-standard advice we all know, but to witness it firsthand from people living it and sharing it is different. The shared article in the github is incredible: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/07/termin...

I often wonder why I don't see more of these sorts of articles. From watching a family member slowly die of cancer, and from reading books like "When Breath Becomes Air," I'm guessing it's some combination of exhaustion, disability, and a new set of priorities that doesn't really involve death blogging. Still, I find these kinds of writings more poignant than most things I read.

Also this repo helps https://github.com/charlax/professional-programming

1. Professional Programming

Professional Programming. As reported, The goal of this page is to make you a more proficient developer. If you have excellent resources, you can try to open a PR and include them here. But in any csae, I wanted to include this because it seems super interesting.