greenbeen seeks advice

[Lindstrom Greg - glinds]

Welcome to the club!  I am curious as to how you decided on Python?
IM(NS)HO, it is one of the best languages for just about all applications
('cept MUDs :-).  My daughter (age 10) has worked through the "How to Think
Like a Computer Scientist" (Python edition), and to my amazement, wrote a
program to find all of the words in a word-search puzzle she was doing (OK,
it needed *some* more work, but I found it to be a great effort).

Come in on, and ask lots of questions!

Greg Lindstrom
Acxiom Corporation,                    mail: CWY10011149
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email: Greg.Lindstrom at acxiom.com           

"When the solution is simple, God has spoken"

                                                            Albert Einstein



-----Original Message-----
From: wyatt stafford [mailto:wyatts at onr.com]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:33 AM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: greenbeen seeks advice


Preamble:

I am a computer/network support person who has decided to start programming
for a vocation (no previous experience beyond minor scripting, etc).  After
some research I selected Python as a good place to start.  I bought "Learn
to Program using Python" (Gauld) and "Quick Python" (Harms/McDonald).  Also
checking out the tutorial, and other good info at www.python.org.    I have
a leaping, intuitive learning style given to missing the obvious, so I am
concerned about having fatal gaps in my learning via home schooling plan.

Questions:

Beyond those mentioned above, may I have any recommendations for self study
resources (books, etc) or techniques that will help me be a good programmer,
in general?

Do I need to know what is taught in CompSci 101/102/etc, to be great?

thanks and happy weekend to all,
wyatt

"Oh, that's not what I call bingeing"