56-year-old Pan Shiyi signed up for the National Youth Programming Ability Level Test. The former real estate tycoon is now stuck in Python.

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Pan Shiyi, who knows his destiny, is serious about learning Python.

On November 14, 2019, 56-year-old Pan Shiyi announced on his birthday that he would enter the programming language Python.

After a few months, how is your Python learning progress?

The answer is: preparing for the " NCT National Youth Programming Ability Level Test ".

That’s right, this is the latest learning progress disclosed by Pan Shiyi himself:

I have been learning Python for 3 months, and recently signed up for the Python Programming Level 1 exam on April 19 to test my learning results. I haven't taken an exam for many years. If you have friends who are taking the exam together, you are welcome to exchange your experience in preparing for the exam.

As soon as the news came out, it sparked a lot of heated discussion on Weibo, with many netizens expressing their admiration for Pan Shiyi's learning spirit:

I feel ashamed every time I see Mr. Pan. He is still making progress.

Live and learn.

Of course, the word “teenager” on this admission ticket is also a hot topic.

I have redefined what it means to be a teenager.

Hello, Young Pan!

Well, literally speaking, it does seem a bit inconsistent...

56 years old, decided to learn Python

This story begins on November 14th last year.

SOHO China chairman and real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi posted on Weibo on his 56th birthday announcing his entry into the programming language Python.

The very next day, he updated his Weibo to explain why he took this action.

Pan Shiyi's explanation is roughly that in an ever-evolving society, in order to command machines, you need to learn a language that machines can understand.

He thinks Python is the best-evolved programming language and one of the most worthwhile languages ​​to learn.

After that, Pan Shiyi started to pick books on Weibo.

He also started a topic on Weibo - " #潘石沂学习编程# ", and updated it almost every day to "report" on his progress in learning Python.

Basically, they would run a piece of Python code first, and then ask netizens “what is the output?”

Then he started a Weibo topic - " #Pan Shiyi uses Python to solve 100 problems# ".

This time, I changed the format: asking questions and seeking answers. For example:

Please use Python3 language to swap the values ​​of two variables in four ways. For example, a=3, b=4, after swapping, it becomes a=4, b=3.

Please use Python3 programming language to generate a random new sequence containing 3 numbers in a sequence containing 9 numbers.

Although most of the questions were relatively basic and some complained about the slow learning progress, some netizens also said:

To be honest, I can't solve many of the problems in this topic.

From November 14 last year to today, Pan Shiyi's Weibo seems to be filled with Python. As netizens said: Pan Shiyi now only discusses programming on Weibo, completely Buddhist.

In addition, you have to take exams to test your learning outcomes.

Well... I do feel like I am deeply addicted to Python .

About NCT National Youth Programming Ability Level Test

The test that Pan Shiyi is going to take part in this time is also a focus of netizens' attention.

The NCT National Youth Programming Ability Level Test is a programming ability level assessment project designed and developed based on the "Youth Programming Ability Level" standard led by Tsinghua University, combined with the actual situation, social application and development needs of China's youth programming education.

It was officially launched in November 2019, and its purpose is to better promote and apply the "Youth Programming Ability Level" standard.

This is the first domestic project to pass the "Youth Programming Ability Level" standard compliance certification of the Education Technology Sub-Technical Committee of the National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee.

So the question is, since he is a "teenager", why was Pan Shiyi able to participate?

According to the official website, the "target group" in "Applicants" is introduced as follows:

The recommended age group is 8-18 years old, and the grade range is from 3rd grade of primary school to 3rd grade of high school. There are more than 200 million people in this group in China.

Well, it seems that it may be " recommended " and there is no strict age limit, so " Young Pan " can also participate.

One More Thing

Although Pan Shiyi has been learning Python on Weibo for more than a few months, careful friends can find a problem - the purpose of learning Python is so pure.

How to say?

It is not difficult to see from recent Weibo posts that the format of Weibo posts answering “questions” is very uniform:

This is the answer to the previous post, written using Python 3 on the Turtle Editor on CodingCat.

Moreover, some Weibo posts will end with “at” (programming cat).

Hmm? What's going on? Is this a commercial show?

However, it may also be a new attempt by General Manager Pan to report to his hometown.

Just on January 8, Pan Shiyi, together with CodingCat founder and CEO Li Tianchi and others, attended the completion ceremony of Yangzheng Kindergarten in Tianshui City, Gansu Province.

Tianshui, Gansu, is Pan Shiyi’s hometown.

After all, he is a business tycoon, and there are different ways to learn new skills, and he doesn’t just want to equip himself.

Of course, seeing that Mr. Pan is so obsessed and serious in learning, we have also invited him to share his learning experience in Python.

Do you have anything to ask Pan Shiyi?

References

https://www.ncctest.cn/introduce/aboutTest
https://weibo.com/panshiyi?is_search=0&visible=0&is_all=1&is_tag=0&profile_ftype=1&page=1#feedtop

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