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ChristianKl comments on Learning programming: so I've learned the basics of Python, what next? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 19 June 2013 08:25:50AM 0 points [-]

A word of caution: It is possible to get so caught up in automating and other meta-work that you lose focus on the object-level goal. I know this because I've done it.

It depends what you want to learn. If you want to learn programming then spending time on automating stuff is useful practice.

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