How long does it take to learn Python well enough to get a job?

It takes two to six months to learn Python in general, and this is also an appropriate range for the period of time it takes to learn Python well enough to get a job. Here are some factors to consider:

• Difficultly

  It is not that difficult to learn Python, in fact, it is one of the most accessible program languages for beginners in the field of computer programming. Python has a syntax that is very similar to English, this makes for easier comprehension than other more complicated computer programming languages.

• Familiarity with coding

  If you are familiar with coding languages or are already a professional programmer, Python won't take too long to learn, probably a month, or two at most. Even if you are a beginner, if you set time goals each day for learning and studying Python, you are going to make good steady progress. Repetition is key to learning Python.

• Python courses

  Most courses in Python are also broken up into quite digestible chunks. These include short video lectures, tests, and coding practice exercises with the language. This type of structure helps you to not get overwhelmed and also typically provides greater retention of the material.

• Python fundamentals

  Make sure you start with the fundamentals of Python. Fundamentals in Python include object data structures, variables and types, comparison operators, indexing and splicing, loops, functions, lists, dictionaries, tuples, reading and writing to files, web scraping, classes and objects, and application programming interfaces(APIs).

• Logic

  It is also crucial, when starting out, to focus more on logic than syntax when learning Python. This means having a good comprehension of the how and the why of your lines of code rather than memorizing the syntax. You are going to memorize some of the syntax by default anyway if you are doing the proper amount of repetition.