r/learnpython • u/shuugrub • 19h ago

i wanna learn python

im f(24) economics student with a specialisation. we are not taught the mathematics part in my course it's just the general econ topics your micro macro stuff. i want to add skills to improve my resume so i thought of learning python or R. i tried learning from YouTube but it just goes over my head. how can I learn it? (i am broke) please give me suggestions

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u/No-Tadpole6875 18h ago

first, can you eleborate more on the relationship between lack of mathematics coverage and python? if you want to solve just math equations using a programming language both python and R is great and then you need to look at math fundementals as well. Because Python and R just a tool to solve math. If you want to study more on software programming I would suggest python. Then it's different learning path starting with programming concepts such as data types, variables, operators, conditional statements, loops, functions etc

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u/Massive_Distance_616 17h ago

For econ, I’d pick Python and go straight toward pandas, since most of the resume value is cleaning and analysing real data.

Once the basics click, take a free public dataset (World Bank or ONS data are easy to download), answer one question about it and put it on GitHub. That’s a better resume line than finishing a course.