The short answer is no. You are not too young. Was Warren Buffet too young when buying his first stocks at the age of 11? Was Magnus Carlsen, the world’s best chess player, too young when he started playing chess at age 5? Was Mark Zuckerberg too young when he started Facebook? If anything else, … Read more
The short answer is no. You are not too old. The older you are, the better your communication skills tend to be. Having great communication skills is the main factor for your success in the Python freelancing space. Watch my video to get a detailed answer to this question: Here’s the link to the Python … Read more
Do you know the following problem: you know you should write cleaner code—but you don’t actually do it. My biggest struggle with Python so far is building good habits. Examples: To build an object model when it is warranted instead of trying to run functional code. Start with comments. Learn to use automatic testing. Niklas … Read more
Want to master distributed systems? But you don’t know how? Start by watching this video: What I want to ask you is how to gain knowledge on distributed systems. What courses or materials should be referred to? Varuna — Finxter Email Subscriber In short: If you are just starting out as a distributed systems engineer, … Read more
Demand for great Python developers soars. Companies seek knowledgeable Python coders—and pay good money for them. If you’d become a great Python developer, you could easily earn six figures nowadays. Yet, companies need proof of your skills before hiring you. And if you are working as a freelance developer in the Python space, you’ll also … Read more
You can convert a string value s to a Boolean value using the Python function bool(s). Here are a few examples: As you can see, any string will be converted to the Boolean value True–with one exception: the empty string ”. This is contra-intuitive for many people because they think that the string ‘False’ should … Read more
Boolean logic is a fundamental skill for any programmer. You need to have a solid understanding to be able to grasp the meaning of code quickly—and write your own bug-free code. Oftentimes, you’ll find that the source of bugs in your code is because of flaws in your logic. So improving your ability to reason … Read more
Do you want to learn to code, create your own coding business, and earn more money in the process? Over the months, I’ve created tons of short videos (many of them on the way home from my son’s kindergarden) to help you create a thriving coding business with Python. If you really want to accelerate your speed, … Read more
When publishing my Python textbook for the first time, figuring out how to convert a simple PDF file to epub3 cost me hours. Especially if you’ve got a lot of graphics (or code) in your PDF, it’s not so simple. Fortunately, I ran into the great program PDF Mate (which is free in the basic … Read more
Every Python programmer has its own skill level with respect to Knowledge of the programming language and syntax Ability to solve problems Speed of code understanding Knowledge of algorithms and code complexity Ability to select appropriate data structures. Although it is challenging to aggregate these skills into a single number that quantifies the degree of … Read more
The zip() function takes a number of iterables and aggregates them to a single one by combining the i-th values of each iterable into a tuple. For example, zip together lists [1, 2, 3] and [4, 5, 6] to [(1,4), (2,5), (3,6)]. You can unzip this list of tuples by calling zip(*list) using the unpacking … Read more
My freelancer course member Pratyush wants to improve learning efficiency in Python. He asked me the question: “how can I accelerate the pace of my problem-solving mind?” Focus first and foremost on reading and writing massive amounts of code. It’s that simple. Maximize the time you are looking at source code, and improvement will come … Read more