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Technology
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Finance
boredom
Python beginners
Getting help
No clear goal
Overwhelmed
Uncertain payoff
Cant apply tutorials
No idea where to start
Get the job done with Excel
Not a programmer mindset
Struggling to find help
Python beginners all face the same 9 problems:
Boredom
Getting help
No clear goal
Overwhelmed
Uncertain payoff
Can't apply tutorials
No idea where to start
Get the job done with Excel
"Not a programmer" mindset
If you struggle with any of these, read this thread:
Boredom
Getting help
No clear goal
Overwhelmed
Uncertain payoff
Can't apply tutorials
No idea where to start
Get the job done with Excel
"Not a programmer" mindset
If you struggle with any of these, read this thread:
Getting bored working on puzzles?
That's because it's boring to work on puzzles.
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That's because it's boring to work on puzzles.
Try assessing a real trading strategy instead:
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Struggling to find help?
The dirty secret of everyone using Python is they ask for help.
All. The. Time.
But they ask for help in a way to get great answers.
Start here:
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The dirty secret of everyone using Python is they ask for help.
All. The. Time.
But they ask for help in a way to get great answers.
Start here:
stackoverflow.com
Not sure why you're learning Python?
Work backward from a real-life problem you're trying to solve.
Here's a few examples of how learning Python can help you:
Work backward from a real-life problem you're trying to solve.
Here's a few examples of how learning Python can help you:
Overwhelmed with the 473,000,000 results for "python tutorial" on google?
Skip the search.
I got you:
Skip the search.
I got you:
Uncertain about the payoff of learning Python?
Here's a few stats that might help:
• 40% of all hedge fund jobs require it on job descriptions
• 100,000s of powerful pre-built packages
• Base salaries topping US$200,000
• Easy to learn for beginners
• Open source (FREE)
Here's a few stats that might help:
• 40% of all hedge fund jobs require it on job descriptions
• 100,000s of powerful pre-built packages
• Base salaries topping US$200,000
• Easy to learn for beginners
• Open source (FREE)
Following tutorials that don't apply to the day job?
Because they rarely do.
If you made it this far in the thread, you are dedicated.
Reply to the thread with what problem you're trying to solve and I'll help you.
Because they rarely do.
If you made it this far in the thread, you are dedicated.
Reply to the thread with what problem you're trying to solve and I'll help you.
Not sure where to start learning Python as a beginner?
Here's the exact playbook I would follow if I were starting over today:
Here's the exact playbook I would follow if I were starting over today:
Excel is the most-used analytics software over the last 4 decades.
But it has constraints:
• File size
• Row limits
• Integrations
• Flexibility of code
The constraints of Excel are a limiting factor for you.
You can do more with Python.
But it has constraints:
• File size
• Row limits
• Integrations
• Flexibility of code
The constraints of Excel are a limiting factor for you.
You can do more with Python.
Think you can't learn Python because you're not a programmer?
Wrong!
You just haven't made the small tweak to your mindset yet:
Wrong!
You just haven't made the small tweak to your mindset yet:
There's enough in here to keep you reading for a week!
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Hop back to the top and retweet the top tweet so you can find it later - and so others can find it too!
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Can't get to everything today?
Hop back to the top and retweet the top tweet so you can find it later - and so others can find it too!
Here's the link:
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