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?

  • SupersonicScrub@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    If your job involves, numbers, data, spreadsheets, and placing that info into reports, then you can automate a good chunk of that work-flow using python. For all things data, checkout out the following libraries:

    • numpy (vectorized data manipulation)
    • pandas (data manipulation, and easy import/export to spreadsheets)
    • matplotlib (graphs, plots, and kinds of data visualization)
    • jinja2 (automatically generating reports from templates)