I have never known anyone that works in this industry. I got one job transforming xml (should have used xslt, ended up using sed and python regex scripts) where the guy asked me how much I wanted and I threw 200 bucks out there because I could get a room for two weeks at that cost. He just laughed and handed me the money. That is the only professional experience I have and no formal education whatsoever (some high school). I have been doing online stuff and hit a wall in a 'design of computer programs' class on udacity. I made it about halfway through but started back at square one to sharpen my skills before trying to come at it again from a different angle. I started to feel overwhelmed when trying to basically recode regex (functions for '*' and '.' for instance) in python and make an api to interact easily with the text parser.
I am still completely in the dark about what level of difficulty I would be facing in the professional world. If this is difficult at all for me, is there hope to think about making money in this field? I am pretty persistent and can keep up a level of work if I am not even close yet, but I don't know if I am a year off or 10 years off. Are basic scripting skills employable at even a very low rate (10 bucks an hour)? What level of experience are the people at who make 100k a year? Sorry if this is off-topic for the list, but I am trying to get past a psychological hurdle or two before reapplying myself and hopefully it would be valuable to others as well. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
