I, too, have only watched the first lecture and then stalled, but am still sporadically reading. Partly due to an unexpected house move, partly due to having to wipe my computer and reinstall the OS, so I don't have the Python stuff set up any more. Mostly because I am trying to finish my degree. And so this is something I just want to do for fun.

I have no experience of programming except for playing with BASIC as a kid (my degree's in biology), but I'm interested in bioinformatics and the route into that seems to be through computer science. So I'm here for fun and to see if programming is something I would like to pursue.

I'm likely to be stalled for a little while until my house settles down a bit, but I absolutely don't want to prevent anyone else from moving forward. Just happy to know there are people to call on in times of trouble!