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Well, I started learning Python from 7th June and its been 31 days and I haven't progressed past OOPs. I was slacking off in the first week, and then I put some effort in my 2nd and 3rd week and when i completed Methods and functions I created a Tic Tac Toe game which is easy but took me long enough. Now after that I took 3-4 days break due to some personal reasons and now I find myself demotivated, mainly beacuse my holidays are ending and college is going to start in August. I wanted to complete learning the absolute basics in these holidays. I feel very unproductive now, all I need is tips for me to get back to coding without feeling demotivating. And also I.m having a hard time understanding OOPs and why __init__ is used.

Thanks in advance!

Is it okay to build major projects this late?

Tic Tac Toe Game

from IPython.display import clear_output
clear_output()
def reset_board():
    return ['string of shame',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ']
def display_list(board):
    print('These is your current game:')
    print('\n',board[7],'|',board[8],'|',board[9],'\n','-   -   -','\n',board[4],'|',board[5],'|',board[6],'\n','-   -   -','\n',board[1],'|',board[2],'|',board[3])
def player_input():
    marker = ''
    while marker != 'X' and marker != 'O':
        marker = input('Player 1 Please select X or O: ')
        if marker not in ['X','O']:
            clear_output()
            print('Sorry thats not a valid input!')
    clear_output()

    player1 = marker
    if player1 == 'X':
        player2 = 'O'
    else:
        player2 = 'X'
    return (player1, player2)
def position_choice():
    
    choice ='WRONG'
    within_range = False
    
    while choice.isdigit() == False or within_range == False:
        
    
    
        choice = input("Please enter a position referring the NumPad (1-9): ")
        
        if choice.isdigit() == False:
            clear_output()
            print("Sorry that is not a digit!")
            
        if choice.isdigit() == True:
            if int(choice) in range(1,10):
                within_range = True
            else:
                within_range = False
    clear_output()    
    
    return int(choice)
def win_check(board,marker):
    return(
        (board[7]==board[8]==board[9]==marker) or
        (board[4]==board[5]==board[6]==marker) or
        (board[1]==board[2]==board[3]==marker) or
        (board[7]==board[4]==board[1]==marker) or
        (board[8]==board[5]==board[2]==marker) or
        (board[9]==board[6]==board[3]==marker) or
        (board[7]==board[5]==board[3]==marker) or
        (board[9]==board[5]==board[1]==marker)
    )
def tie_check(board):
    return ' ' not in board
def space_check(board,position):
    return board[position] == ' '
def play_game(marker):
    
    #assigning X and O to p1 and p2
    
    player1_marker,player2_marker = marker
    #resetting the board before t=round start
    board = reset_board()
    #If game is on
    
    game_on = True
    turn = 'player1'
    display_list(board)

    while game_on:

        if turn == 'player1':
            
            print("Player 1's turn")

            while True:
                position = position_choice()

                if space_check(board,position):
                    break
                else:
                    display_list(board)
                    print("Sorry that spot's already taken, try again.")

            board[position] = player1_marker
            
            display_list(board)
            #check if p1 won
            if win_check(board,player1_marker):
                print('Congratulations Player 1 has won the game!!')
                game_on = False
            elif tie_check(board):
                print("Its a Tie")
                game_on = False
            else:
                turn = 'player2'
        else:
            print("Player 2's turn")
                 
            while True:
                position = position_choice()

                if space_check(board,position):
                    break
                else:
                    
                    display_list(board)
                    print("Sorry that spot's already taken, try again.")

            board[position] = player2_marker

            display_list(board)
            #check if p2 won
            if win_check(board,player2_marker):
                print('Congratulations Player 2 has won the game!!')
                game_on = False
            elif tie_check(board):
                print("Its a Tie")
                game_on = False
            else:
                turn = 'player1'
def replay():
    choice = 'wrong'
    while choice not in ['Y','N']:
        
        choice = input("Would you like to keep playing? Y or N ").upper()
        
        if choice not in ['Y','N']:
            clear_output()
            print("Sorry, I didn't understand. Please make sure to choose Y or N.")
    clear_output()
    if choice == "Y":
        # Game is still on
        return True
    else:
        # Game is over
        return False
print("Welcome to Tic Tac Toe!")
while True:

    play_game(player_input())

    if not replay():
        break

I have a dilemma on where to start.

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I'm confused where to go, which one is better for a beginner who has zero coding experience.

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I've been having this confusion for a while now. I have not much interest in MME but it is the branch I would get in NITW so it's like college over branch thing. I have more interest in coding and Computing than MME.

So, I wanted to know if it's best for me to Join NITW MME and side hustle (as I heard that there is more time in MME compared to other branches) or should I consider something other.

And one more thing i also have an option of getting into BITS and getting EEE, M.Sc Phy/Maths (Dual degree, I could get CSE here but I am not sure if it's manageable...)

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