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I thought you had to memorize every Python function, but a teacher in my online course said 'just learn how to read the docs' and it clicked.
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the_finley7mo ago
That "just learn how to read the docs" advice is a game changer. It took me way too long to figure out I didn't need to store everything in my head. The real skill is knowing how to find the answer quickly.
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noahc146mo ago
Honestly the best skill I picked up was learning to search error messages verbatim. Last week I spent an hour trying to fix a weird import issue before I just pasted the whole red text into a search. Found a two year old forum post where someone had the exact same problem, down to the line number. Five minute fix after that.
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irisjenkins7mo ago
Yeah that part about "the real skill is knowing how to find the answer" hits hard. I used to feel like a fraud if I had to look up basic syntax. Now I see that constant lookups are just part of the job, and getting fast at it is what actually matters.
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