years ago I loaned a friend a couple of "o'really" books, he was interested in learning VBA but I passed him a relatively slim database book as well as a VBA bo

years ago I loaned a friend a couple of "o'really" books, he was interested in learning VBA but I passed him a relatively slim database book as well as a VBA book, to give him a better understanding of real world data I guess. I probably mentioned Python in the exchange, but this was back when Python was new, and I was following it's development then. Anyway, he soon ditched VBA, was totally taken by the database book and has built himself a healthy small business using most Python. Last time I bumped into him, he was very happy and thanked me for my recommendations, especially the Database book (which he still has!!), I think Python came along naturally as it was a huge wave of adoption for those that were thinking about the process and not simply slotting things into existing boxes.