[NinaLevin]

A (smart) friend recently bought me Raspberry Pi as a gift. As a non-technical person, I thought it was kind of a strange present at first. I figured I'd play around with it and learn some basic code before inevitably getting bored and tossing it aside.

That didn't happen. I started a couple Python tutorials on coursera and code academy and haven't looked back since. It's been a little taxing at times (pretty sure I experienced a similar semi-colon blunder) , but learning to program is really fun if approached as a hobby and not the end-all be-all of being successful in tech. I think the key is not to be too hard on yourself and get help whenever possible.