I wish I had a mentor like him. I’ve no formal CS background. When I started off learning fundamental programming concepts, I chose Python as my first languag

I wish I had a mentor like him. I’ve no formal CS background. When I started off learning fundamental programming concepts, I chose Python as my first language and during the honeymoon period I felt as if I was going to learn the art inside out in no time. I had no idea what was going on under the hood and was stupid enough not to give it a thought. Then, after some fiddling around with Python, I started wondering if something was amiss. The computer I was using was running Windows and I was under the impression that Linux was only for seasoned programmers and not for an aspiring programmer like me. I was all on my own and somehow my intuition told me the proprietary OS was unduly restrictive and I felt locked up with no leeway at all. After consulting some Linux communities, I thought it’s about time I wiped Windows and tried a couple Linux distros and freed myself. First I learned the command line, then C and then I went back to Python and that’s when it all made sense.