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Help! I don't get why my code makes the player's health go up when she's hit by the sword.
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Ah, it looks like you used the wrong operator! Which one do you think will subtract from her health (instead of adding to it) in your take_damage function?
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Gamified, intuitive, easy to follow along to. I was completing the course while performing other tasks for work!
Robert Smith
Ireland
Learn to Code in Python
Fantastic course to get hands python learning.
Aneeq Ansari
Pakistan
Learn to Code in Python
Great introduction. I went in with zero programing knowledge and after completion I feel as though I have had a well-rounded introduction.
Samuel Brown
United States
Learn to Code in Python
The course knows how much and when to hold your hand so as to make sure you can succeed, while trying to make you do most of the thinking yourself. It honestly feels great succeeding because you know that this success was born from the amalgamation of your learned lessons and your own thinking skills.
Nilo Seiler
Switzerland
Learn to Code in Python
another great course, super complete and good introduction to a very useful language
notjjusann
Belgium
Learn Go
i have been able to learn the fundamental of python [interestingly] and it's so much hands on learning!
Michael Oluwasegun
Nigeria
Learn to Code in Python
some of the later lessons were confusing and could have been better worded but good otherwise
Toby Sheldon
United States
Learn to Code in Python
Amazing course beautfifully written and best for someone for ADHD never took a course this good that made me a confident programmer.
Fahmid Zaman
United States
Learn to Code in Python
I had some basic programming knowledge coming into Boot.Dev, but I think this course would be easy enough to follow for newcomers if they have moderate English reading comprehension and mathematics skills (Algebra 1 is probably enough). I think having the AI chatbot that can read your code to ask questions and get hints is a useful tool. It would be cool if it commented on your submitted code if it passes, but has significant differences to the "solution" code.
Quentin Matthew
United States
Learn to Code in Python
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Software developers in the US earn over $100,000 per year
The following data is taken from the results of the 2025 Stack Overflow survey
Cloud Engineer
$189,000
Backend Developer
$175,000
Site Reliability Engineer
$165,000
DevOps Engineer
$165,000
Data Engineer
$150,000
Frontend Developer
$145,000
Data Analyst
$100,956
Some folks look at the job data and assume that front-end positions are the only option for new learners. On the contrary, there is big demand for backend and data-oriented positions!
If you like working with data, logic, and servers, you might just enjoy the back-end, data-focused curriculum here on Boot.dev. And similar to the frontend, most data and backend positions don't require a specific degree from a university... but you do need to know your stuff!
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