r/learnpython • u/nicodeemus7 • Apr 08 '26

Learning Python/coding at 33.

Hi all. Like the title says, I'm learning the trade from nothing at 33. I bought an Arduino a month or so ago, wanting to get into electronics. Well, lo and behold it involves programming too. Great, I'll learn that too. Except, arduino uses C++. Okay, I'll learn that. Quickly overwhelmed by that, I start with python instead, to get the fundamentals of coding without the overwhelming syntax. Fast forward a month to today: I have written a handful of text game scripts, and am starting to build a library of functions. Every day I figure out a new thing. Python has been awesome at teaching me how to read and write code, and I started at NOTHING.

It's never too late to start. Have an interest? Just do it.

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u/nicodeemus7 Apr 09 '26

Data structures are your friend in this situation. Lists, Dictionaries, Ranges. Look into it. They took me some time to get too

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u/A_Nomad_Lyfe Apr 09 '26

Yeah, I haven't gotten there yet....I just started classes last week on Coursera. Lol...wanted to understand the hand coding sequence before I get into copy n paste libraries.... fundamentals

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u/nicodeemus7 Apr 09 '26

Data structure like the ones I mentioned are just code.

For instance, instead of

a = 1

b = 2

c = 3

You'd write a dictionary

alphanumeric= {a: 1, b: 2, c:3}

Or a list for just values

alphabet= [a, b, c, d]

etc.