I was a couple of years out of college, having been an sdr at a tech company > managed sdr’s > moved into business and sales ops.

I was hitting snags trying to do analysis with excel and couldn’t vlookup or pivot on a table with a million rows. A friend mentioned in passing that python would make this pretty simple.

I started there and tried to solve problems I was facing with code instead of excel.

Fast forward a year or two having built a few projects on the side, quit my job and started selling software I built from scratch.

I found having a project to work on that solved problems I faced made the learning effort so much easier. I struggled early on trying to solve fizz buzz-type problems because I couldn’t see them solving problems I faced day to day.

I don’t code much anymore but having that arrow in my quiver changed my career trajectory significantly. I recommend learning as soon as possible!