r002
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3 years ago You're on Day 64! You've got this! 😀💪 Pondering "What's next?" is always a huge challenge though. I second the idea of projects-- but I think it's also good think about some technical goals that you may want to accomplish too. On one hand, the project should be enjoyable on a human level-- eg. "Let's make a study group and meet other hard-working and determined folks!" 😄 but on a technical level, in the back of my mind, there was also a ton of specific skills I wanted to learn and had "just needed a vehicle for them." Eg. I wanted to better learn GitHub's API and webhooks, GCP multi-project architectures and IAM roles/permissions at a more granular level, Secrets Manager for cloud config across different envs, Cloud Functions and Cloud Scheduler, etc. And this study group project has been a great learning vehicle for all of these specific skills! 😁
When you look into the horizon, I guess I'd ask: What specific Python or data science skills are you interested in acquiring? Eg. Building web services or webapps in Python? Or crunching numbers (pandas) and doing analysis in Jupytr notebooks? Or graphing and visualizations (Seaborn)? The sky's the limit!! 🎇✨🎆🚀🙂
Motivation/Problem Statement 💭❓:
Learn Python.
Today's Goal/Solution 🥅:
Continued to play around with Dr Angela Yu's Python course.
Result 🍓🍌🍉:
The course has a Skills Assessment that helps you determine where to start if you already have some Python experience. Based on my results, I can start on Day 32. I guess this Python stuff is sticking after all. 😂
Observations & Next Steps 🔭👣:
As I get closer and closer to finishing the Python for Everybody specialization, I find myself wondering, "what's next?" I've also been thinking a lot about how to break the advanced-beginner newbie barrier and get into intermediate Python coding. Many people say to do projects. I'm a bit reluctant to start a project because I don't feel like I know enough and I tend to take on too much and then flame out. I don't have a path forward yet, just a bunch of questions.
References 🔗:
Link any useful resources you may have found throughout the day.
Extra/Fun (Optional) 🎈🎉🥳:
I watched some more episodes from Startup. That show is wild. lol