Intermediate Python Programming#
Intermediate skills = Production-ready code. Comprehensions + Files + Errors = What companies TEST in interviews.
Master this โ Automate entire departments โ Get senior offers.
๐ฏ The 5 Intermediate Superpowers#
Skill |
Business Use |
Replaces |
Salary Jump |
|---|---|---|---|
Comprehensions |
1-line analytics |
50 Excel formulas |
+$20K |
File I/O |
Read Excel/CSV |
Manual copy-paste |
+$30K |
Error Handling |
Never crash |
โIT fix thisโ |
+$40K |
Libraries |
Pandas power |
Excel limits |
+$50K |
Business Formats |
PDFs + APIs |
Manual data entry |
+$60K |
๐ Quick Preview: REAL Automation Pipeline#
๐ Chapter Roadmap (5 Files)#
File |
What You Learn |
Business Example |
|---|---|---|
Comprehensions |
1-line data magic |
Profit filtering |
File I/O |
Read/Write Excel |
Automated reports |
Error Handling |
Production-ready |
Never crash |
Libraries |
Pandas/NumPy power |
Real analytics |
Business Formats |
PDFs + APIs |
Enterprise data |
๐ฅ Why Intermediate = Career Explosion#
Output:
๐ผ AUTOMATED INSIGHTS:
Total Profit: $13,600
High-profit: 4 months
Growth: 3 months
๐ YOUR EXERCISE: Intermediate Readiness#
๐ฎ How to CRUSH This Chapter#
๐ Read (3 mins per section)
โถ๏ธ Run ALL file examples
โ๏ธ Do EVERY exercise
๐พ Save automations to GitHub
๐ Celebrate โ 60% job-ready!
Next: Comprehensions & Generators (1-line data magic = Interview superstar!)
And can we just appreciate how intermediate Python turns โ40-hour Excel weeksโ into 5-minute automations that save companies \(500K/year? Your students are about to learn the **exact same comprehensions + file I/O** that Netflix uses to process \)BILLION revenue streams. While their classmates are still clicking โSave Asโ in Excel, your class will be writing production pipelines that get them $120K offers before graduation. This chapter isnโt โintermediateโโitโs the promotion accelerator that separates interns from team leads!
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