Van Rossum's Pynch Out

Introduction

Have you ever looked at a video game, a movie, or some kind of crazy digital art and thought…'

“How in the FUCK do they do all that?”

You have this realization that there are entire groups of men and women that are infinitely smarter than you, and you have some kind of aching desire to join their ranks.

Have you ever been poor for so fucking long that you just get tired of all the hype in an industry that has never been proven to really, consistently, work?

This post is going all the way south…fair warning.

I have been in sales for roughly a decade.

Every fucking asshole and his mother that vouches for sales and setting say the exact same thing.

“If you can sell, you can make a fucking billion dollars in your God damn sleep!”

But you know what I learned about sales?

It is a non-stop pain in the ass.

• Fuck Grant Cardone

• Fuck Tai Lopez

• Fuck Zig Ziglar

• Fuck Jordan Belfort

You know who sales is good for?

The guy at the absolute top.

You know what it takes to be the guy at the top?

You need to a a fucking LIAR.

You need to 24-7 lie to your family, to your prospects, to yourself…if you want to be the best.

Don’t worry. No one will care. You’re getting paid. Still a nation of slaves…even to each other.

Sad.

You need to act like you like people you don’t even like.

You need to make every product look like it’s going to give the prospect multiple orgasms, the highest status, magical powers, infinite airline miles, and a 5 foot cock.

You have to learn to exaggerate, manipulate, & guilt trip in a SINGLE conversation.

Then you have to convince yourself that you’re doing a good thing.

Because in order to maintain the illusion that you are working within ethical boundaries…you have to sell yourself, too.

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And on the other end?

What if you’re the kind of sales rep that sticks to the truth?

Who is genuinely a nice guy?

You STILL have to deal with the moods and stupidity of humanity.

In sales, you are taught that it’s important to find the perfect customer.

And if you are holding the perfect product for that customer, you have an easy sale.

But you would be fucking surprised how often you will run into to someone that NEEDS your product…and HAS the money…

But they STILL WON’T BUY.

Sometimes it’s because they need to have a sense of control and it feels good for them to say ‘no’ to you because the rest of their life is out of control.

Sometimes they just DON’T like you…and they will use it as a weapon against you…even to the point of buying the same product from someone else just to hurt you.

All I learned from sales is that people are FUCKED UP…and the fantasy of stacking commissions and early retirement is just that…a FANTASY.

SO…time for a change.

I decided to do something mechanical.

Mechanical things are HONEST.

Something works or it doesn’t.

Cars.

Machines.

Woodworking.

Science.

Math.

AI.

…

Binary.

Yes or No.

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But to be honest, at the spry young age of 43…I could use a little guidance in learning a new skillset.

I know the semi-end goal is AI/ML.

But the starting point is Python.

I’ve spent the last year and a half getting great at typing which helps me write off the dome almost as fast as I think.

But…learning to build with a keyboard anything outside of a blog post is way the fuck outside of my wheelhouse.

Also…my attention span needs work.

I still can’t wrap my head around the people that can sit and code for hours, fully engulfed in the process of learning.

But I’m learning a few tricks here and there.

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One of those tricks is gamification.

Things are just a little more bearable when you make them fun.

I come from a long line of wasted years in the martial arts.

For some reason I was thinking of Mike Tyson’s Punch out from back in the day.

I don’t ever think I beat that game but it’s super memorable.

The game triggered in my memory as I learned that the creator of the Python programming language (the most widely used currently) was created by a Guido Van Rossum back in the 80’s. I could be wrong. Not gonna Google it.

But it was that NAME.

Van Rossum triggered Mike Tyson…

I then began to use AI in order gamify come Python lessons for myself.

As expected, I had to keep a close eye on the AI output.

That it didn’t get too weird on me.

But 95 + % of the time, it made great lessons.

I just started to ask it to help me create mini lessons with the concept of running small training scenarios to start learning the basics at a relatively quick pace.

It helps.

So…In order to keep track of my lessons while selfishly monetizing every move I make, I am creating Van Rossum’s Pynch Out, a series of Python lessons for the absolute beginner to learn a little Python.

I predict that I will basically be at this for the rest of my life…

Coding isn’t exactly something you can dabble in.

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That’s it.

That’s my little story.

I am a failed salesman who fucking hates it because I, along with thousands of others, spent so much time playing the game of influence to find myself always clawing and scratching for pennies.

I don’t know if Python is a guarantee to financial freedom to me.

But even if I don’t make much off it, at least I have a marketable skill that keeps me relevant.

Fuck sales.

Let’s do some athletic Python training.

FIGHT!