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Is learning programming worth it? Outside of a career, what can I do with programming? (self.python)

submitted 1 year ago by pedantichedgehog to c/python

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I learned a little bit of python back in college with the hope that it would give me a competitive edge in the field I hoped to enter. Lo and behold, I got a job in a different industry entirely and any knowledge of coding I once had became irrelevant.

Would it be worth it to pick up my python textbook again and self-teach in my free time if I don't want to make a career of coding? What exactly can python be used to create?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

If your computer can theoretically do something, you can probably make that happen using Python. Most people don't use Python to make their own software, though. Rather, they use it to automate tasks by gluing together software made by other people.

If automating stuff sounds useful or appealing to you, then yeah, learn you a Python. If that sounds like a waste of time... well, why learn something you won't use? There's certainly a joy to be had to the learning itself and there's plenty to be said about how it may broaden your own thinking, but these are intrinsic rewards you can only discover for yourself.