As I’m changing team at work, I’ve decided to brush up on my Python skill. After digging on the internet for a couple of days, I have chosen to learn from books and projects instead of online courses like I usually do. I have found that books go much deeper than online courses and projects will help me apply what I’ve learned more systematically. Additionally, I no longer have an incentive to obtain completion certifications from online courses and it makes me happy to just learn for the sake of learning.

Books I’m using:

1. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart (20 Chapters)
2. Beyond the Basic Stuffs with Python by Al Sweigart (17 Chapters)
3. The Big Book of Small Python Projects by Al Sweigart (81 projects)

The goal is to finish Book 1 and Book 2 and complete at least 2-5 projects from Book 3 in the next 2 weeks.

Schedule:

• 3-4 chapters/day and 1-3 projects on weekend
• 6 days/week.
• 1 - 3hr/day depending on my workload.
• Book 1 and Book 2 on weekday and Book 3 on the weekend or not-so-busy workday.

I plan to push my study notes/codes on github to keep track of my progress. I will be writing updates at the end of the week to summarize what I’ve learned.