September Report Card -- No Longer a True Noob?

A True "Newbie" knows nothings, does nothing.

When it comes to Python, I can no longer say I'm incapable of anything meaningful.

I'm writing code. And it works, sometimes right out of the gate. (That includes writing my own "modules". No more circular import crashing.)

I'm hitting the paywalls in some of the initially-free YouTube courses like Real Python (here = Getting Started with Lists)

I'm doing practice sessions with my own code rather than copying from recipes (Left click to see bigger images):




So which pigeon hole now defines me in the Learning Python realm?

I guess Dunning-Kruger Level 2.

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