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_finley24d agoMost Upvoted

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.

noahc1419d 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.

irisjenkins24d 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.