I've used Python for more than a decade now, helping research labs analyze data, currently working with machine learning. I also do websites, and am prepared to learn whatever is needed for the job. Please reach out to me if you believe I am a good fit for your position.
A philosophical quote repository, this is what I am currently working on. Over 600 quotes (all typed by hand, no copy-paste, not that it matters). I am working towards 1,000 in total: https://crucialquote.com/
Software developer with about a decade of experience using Python to help researchers solve their problems. Have worked with eDNA, electrochemical data, and have recently been using machine learning to predict fuel cell health.
It's not a complete waste. 8 years is a lot of time spent learning to build a tool that, sure, might not have been "good" but it was still time spent building a tool. Those skills are applicable elsewhere, and perhaps the most important thing to realize is that at least the time wasn't spent on NFTs.
I have had friends fail to communicate in astounding ways. Once, four of us were planning to go somewhere. A friend suggested somewhere else, I and my other friend agreed, but the fourth friend was not presnet. I told my first friend to tell the one person who was not present about the change in plans. He asks why... I tell him, well, the other guy isn't going to know we changed plans because he isn't here.