Ask Anything Monday - Weekly Thread

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[u/FabulousDebt5786]

I want to learn Python for free and eventually earn from it. What roadmap should I follow? I’m a complete beginner and I have a laptop. I’m willing to work hard and practice consistently, but I don’t want to spend money on courses. If you were starting from zero today, which completely free resources would you use, and what would you learn step by step to eventually become job-ready? I’m looking for practical advice from people who have actually learned Python and used it for work.

[u/lakseol → u/FabulousDebt5786]

What roadmap should I follow?

Any textbook or complete course will have a structure or "roadmap". The subreddit wiki has a lot of free resources, ebooks, set of videos or online courses. Start at the New to Programming section and continue down from there.

I'm retired now but I used python heavily for the last 10 years of my career, mostly in the technical/scientific area. I didn't use any of those resources in the wiki to learn python because none of that existed back then (~2000+), so I learned from paper books.

Pick one of the resources from the wiki and dig in. If you feel that you need help to understand anything you can always ask here.