I'm a new python owner. About 2 weeks in. Tell you what, I thought I had it figured out but dang that learning curve!
I was hugely mislead with a lot of my original research, and it's confounding the different opinions and "facts" on how to do things. I began asking a few question here and have had good feedback.
Like stated above, ultimately it is the persons choice to implement and experiment with the advice given to them. So as long as you who do know what is really going on keep helping us newbies, and we actually care to be receptive, you are doing exactly what you need to be doing.
Within a few threads I started I went from completely lost to becoming confident that I am on the right path. So thanks to you guys who care enough to try and help!