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Rotimi

Thank you Matthew.

I built the platform in PHP + Python (no frameworks)

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Matthew

Funny you should mention Python.

I'm learning JS right now--mostly for fun, and to develop my "think like a programmer" skills.

However, I want to learn Python as well for say a data scientist type position as a career [I'm pretty "old" at thirty-something, so this would be a career change]. Its not as "fun" as the webdev type job, but it is probably far less saturated with people.

Your area of expertise is Python I suppose? Do you use it for things other than websites? In your career? Do you enjoy it? How did you break into the job? Do you have a university degree or two?

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Rotimi

oh hell no. you're still very young man. I've got friends in their 50s learning ML. Its all uphill for you from here.

I mainly write compression engines, web apps using PHP, Python, C & C++. I really enjoy my work as it is dynamic. I wake up everyday with something new to build. That keeps me happy. I currently have two Bsc's (Computer systems & Computer science) & one Msc (Computer science with Artificial intelligence)

Side note, I'm going live on ProductHunt in an hour or so (PDT). Please leave a feedback via producthunt.com/posts/quickpublish...

Also I'm on Twitter twitter.com/rotimi_je_suis

Thanks Matthew.