Watched a python course 3 times before it finally clicked

I spent about 6 weeks going through this free YouTube course for beginners, and the first two times I couldn't even follow a simple loop. On the third pass something just snapped, and I wrote my first script that actually worked - a little program to rename files in a folder. Now I'm wondering if I should jump into JavaScript next or stick with Python for a few more months. Anyone else have a topic they had to revisit like 3 times before it made sense?

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briancampbell18d agoMost Upvoted

Stick with Python until you can build something useful without looking stuff up.

charles_coleman18d ago

Oh man, I still remember the first time I tried to understand list comprehensions and my brain just melted - I closed the laptop and stared at the wall for like ten minutes. Third time through a Python basics video on YouTube too, and suddenly while loops felt obvious instead of like some magic spell. Right now I'm on attempt number four of trying to get a simple web scraper to work with BeautifulSoup, and I keep accidentally pulling in empty lists instead of actual data. You're definitely not alone in the "watch it three times" club - I think half my YouTube history is just tutorials I've watched on repeat until something clicks.