Ask HN: I need a Python mentor.

3 points by Brewer ↗ HN
A big problem that I've always had (not only with programming, but other things as well) is that I have a hard time focusing on and improving a single skill. I seem to rather be OK with a number of technologies rather than great with one or two technologies.

I've decided that I really want to learn Python and that, by doing so, I'll become a better programmer. I've always heard that after you really learn your first language, the rest are just learning the syntax. Learning a language is not the same as learning how to program.

I'd like to find a Python mentor. I need someone that is willing to help me take over the world, one script at a time. If you're interested then shoot me an email at jjb127@mun.ca.

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A large part of it is what you want to use it for. Python is commonly used in a variety of areas, from web development to numeric computation. Giving some bounds of what type of programming you'd like to do might help narrow down a fit.
To be honest I'm not exactly sure what kind of programming I want to do. I'm thinking it will probably be related to the web in some way.
Download web2py and go through web2py.com/book