That frustration? That’s the tuition. Looking back, the course follows a predictable, almost mythic emotional arc:
But you will become a hero in a different, more important sense. That frustration
If you’ve dipped a toe into the world of online programming courses, you’ve seen it. The thumbnail with the bright red background. The confident, friendly face of Jose Portillo. The title that promises a transformation almost too audacious to believe: "From Zero to Hero." If you’ve dipped a toe into the world
That moment is heroic. And this course gives you dozens of those moments. Portillo’s course heavily uses Jupyter Notebooks for the early sections. This is a brilliant pedagogical move. Notebooks allow you to write tiny chunks of code, see the output immediately, and interleave explanations with execution. It feels like magic. The title that promises a transformation almost too