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The first 15 Python lessons are free with no signup and no credit card. After that, the 7-day Pro trial unlocks every track; cancel anytime. Pro is $12/month or $89/year.

Can I learn Python without installing anything?

Yes. Every lesson runs Python in your browser — Skulpt for lightweight lessons and Pyodide (full CPython) on the playground. No Anaconda, no pyenv, no terminal commands. Open the page and hit Run.

Is CodeMentor AI good for complete beginners?

Yes — the Foundations track starts with print('Hello, World!') and assumes zero programming background. The first 15 lessons are free to verify the difficulty curve matches you before any signup.

Does the AI tutor replace a human mentor?

It replaces 80% of "I'm stuck at 21:00 and Stack Overflow scared me" moments. You get hints calibrated to your code + a chat for follow-up questions. For project review and career advice the team also answers support@learnpython.academy directly.

Can I learn Python for an AI engineering job?

Yes. The AI Engineering track covers production patterns the US dev community uses in 2026 — Claude/LLM APIs, tool use, RAG, agent loops, prompt caching, evals, voice agents. Build production AI features end-to-end.

Are the courses available in languages other than English?

Yes — the platform UI and most lessons are translated into 18 languages including Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and more. Pick yours in the language switcher.

Python developer salary in Europe 2026: Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Warsaw, Madrid, Stockholm, London

The short version: junior Python in the EU pays €40K–€70K, mid-level pays €60K–€95K, senior pays €80K–€130K, and remote-EU roles at US-backed companies pay 30–60% more than local roles in the same city. Everything else is regional detail.

This is the detailed breakdown, verified against Glassdoor EU, Levels.fyi Europe, honeypot.io Salary Guide 2026, Landing.jobs salary data, Kununu, and public salary bands from Bolt / Klarna / Booking / GitLab / Adyen. Sample sizes vary by city — treat these as bands, not point estimates.

Salary bands 2026 by city, seniority, and role

All numbers are gross annual base, unless noted. Bonuses / equity vary widely and are called out where meaningful.

Berlin

Junior (0–2 yrs): €55K–€72K base
Mid (3–5 yrs): €72K–€92K base
Senior (5–8 yrs): €90K–€120K base + up to €20K equity at scale-ups
Staff / principal: €120K–€160K base + €30K–€80K equity

Fintech (Trade Republic, N26): +€5K–€10K vs median. Scale-ups (Bolt, Wayfair Europe, GetYourGuide): median. Enterprise (Zalando, Delivery Hero HQ): median but stable benefits.

Amsterdam

Junior (0–2 yrs): €50K–€70K
Mid (3–5 yrs): €70K–€92K
Senior (5–8 yrs): €88K–€115K
Staff / principal: €115K–€150K

30% ruling (expats within 3 years of arrival): first 30% of gross is tax-free, effectively adding 20–25% to net pay. If eligible, Amsterdam is the best net-pay EU city outside London.

Booking.com, Adyen, GitLab EU, Uber EU HQ pay top-of-band. Consulting shops pay bottom-of-band.

Paris

Junior (0–2 yrs): €42K–€58K base
Mid (3–5 yrs): €55K–€78K base
Senior (5–8 yrs): €72K–€100K base
Staff / principal: €100K–€135K base + BSPCE (French stock options) at start-ups

Doctolib, BlaBlaCar, Qonto, Alan pay top-of-band. Big consulting (Capgemini, Sopra Steria) pays bottom-of-band. Datadog Paris and Palantir Paris pay Silicon Valley scale.

Warsaw / Kraków / Wrocław

Junior (0–2 yrs): PLN 8 000–14 000/month (€22K–€38K/yr)
Mid (3–5 yrs): PLN 14 000–20 000/month (€38K–€55K/yr)
Senior (5–8 yrs): PLN 18 000–28 000/month (€48K–€78K/yr)
B2B contract (self-employed): add ~25% to gross figures above, minus taxes you handle yourself

Allegro, Livechat, Ocado Tech PL, Ringier pay above median. Big banks (mBank, Santander PL) pay median. Remote-EU roles paying Polish devs €55K–€90K/year exist and should be your target if you can find them.

Madrid / Barcelona

Junior (0–2 yrs): €30K–€45K base
Mid (3–5 yrs): €42K–€60K base
Senior (5–8 yrs): €55K–€80K base
Staff / principal: €75K–€110K base + equity at Spanish scale-ups

Cabify, Glovo (Delivery Hero SP), Wallapop, Typeform, Factorial, Amazon Spain pay top-of-band. Old-guard consulting (Everis, Accenture Spain) pays bottom.

Remote-EU roles at Spanish tax residency pay €55K–€120K, which is 2× local median. Target these.

Stockholm

Junior (0–2 yrs): SEK 480K–600K (€41K–€52K)
Mid (3–5 yrs): SEK 620K–800K (€53K–€69K)
Senior (5–8 yrs): SEK 750K–1 000K (€65K–€87K)
Staff / principal: SEK 950K–1 300K (€82K–€113K)

Klarna, Spotify, Truecaller, iZettle (PayPal), Voi pay top-of-band. Traditional enterprise (Ericsson, Volvo Cars) pays bottom.

Swedish net pay is genuinely lower than gross implies (tax + pension). Factor 45% effective for high-band.

London

Junior (0–2 yrs): £48K–£65K base
Mid (3–5 yrs): £65K–£90K base
Senior (5–8 yrs): £85K–£130K base + up to £40K equity
Staff / principal: £130K–£180K base + £50K–£120K equity

Revolut, Monzo, Deliveroo, DeepMind (Alphabet), Palantir UK, Stripe London pay top-of-band. Traditional finance (HSBC, Barclays tech) pays median with strong pension.

London is the highest-EU-adjacent salary but also the highest cost of living. Purchasing-power-adjusted, Berlin often beats London for juniors.

Cost-of-living-adjusted comparison

Because gross salary is meaningless without context.

Rough purchasing power for a junior Python role (€ equivalent, after rent + tax + food, mid-2026 estimates):

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Berlin | €62K | €1 600 | €2 100/mo take-home | 3 |

| Amsterdam | €60K + 30% ruling | €2 000 | €2 700/mo | 1 |

| Paris | €48K | €1 500 | €1 850/mo | 6 |

| Warsaw | €30K | €900 | €1 350/mo | 5 |

| Madrid | €38K | €1 100 | €1 600/mo | 4 |

| Stockholm | €48K | €1 400 | €1 900/mo | 4 |

| London | £58K | £2 000 | £2 100/mo (~€2 450) | 2 |

Amsterdam with 30% ruling is the best net-pay city in EU for juniors. Berlin without the ruling is competitive. Warsaw is remarkable if you can get a remote-EU role paying Berlin rates.

Remote-EU rates paid to EU juniors 2026

This is the arbitrage. GitLab, Doist, Zapier (EU-eligible), Sourcegraph (EU-eligible), Buffer, and many US-backed scale-ups pay per role, not per country. Their junior Python bands 2026:

GitLab: €55K–€82K junior EU (public salary bands)
Sourcegraph: €65K–€95K junior EU (public bands)
Doist: €50K–€75K junior EU
Automattic: $50K–$70K global (~€45K–€65K)
Buffer: $60K–$80K junior global (~€55K–€72K)

A Polish or Spanish or Portuguese junior earning at these bands is at 1.5–3× local median. This is the specific reason remote-first is worth optimising for aggressively if you're in a lower-band EU market.

Salary progression: how fast do EU Python devs actually raise?

Median 2026 EU trajectory for a self-taught junior who lands a scale-up junior role at 22 months of studying:

Year 1 (junior): €55K
Year 2 (mid): €68K (+24%)
Year 3 (mid+): €78K (+15%)
Year 4 (senior): €92K (+18%)
Year 5 (senior+): €102K (+11%)
Year 6 (staff-track): €118K (+16%)

Faster progression at scale-ups + AI-adjacent companies. Slower but stable at enterprise. The single biggest lever for raises is switching companies at years 2, 4, and 6 — internal raises rarely match external offers.

ROI math: cost of learning Python vs first-year gross

The dumb-but-relevant calculation:

Free path (our platform, Foundations = free): €0
Full curriculum (€\$12/month × 12 months): €\$12 × 12 = around €120–€180
First-year gross at junior level (EU median): €55 000
ROI: 30 000% to 45 000% in year one

Compare to €10 000 bootcamp → same first-year gross → 550% ROI. Both work. One works 100× harder per euro spent.

What actually gets you to top-of-band vs bottom-of-band

Because "junior salary €55K–€72K" is a 30% range and picking the wrong end matters.

Top-of-band juniors have:

1. Two to three deployed real projects — not tutorials, not clones. Real things with real URLs.

2. A specific speciality on the CV — "junior FastAPI backend" reads as valuable. "Full-stack developer" from a junior reads as nothing.

3. English C1 minimum — the whole EU tech market operates in English past €50K.

4. Interview-ready algorithm fluency — LeetCode Easy + one Medium per day for 3 months hits this.

5. A warm-intro path into one company — cold applications convert 1–3%. Warm intros convert 25–40%.

Bottom-of-band juniors optimise for none of this. They apply broadly cold, list generic skills, and take the first offer they get.

What I'd actually do if I were starting today

Pick a target city (or remote-EU as a target). Look at 20 job postings at your target companies right now. Note the exact stack every posting names. That's your syllabus.

Then start with our first lesson. Free, no card, ten minutes. Complete the free 15. Decide if Python is for you. If yes, the Foundations track is €\$12/month with the full 1,100+-lesson catalogue across 10 tracks.

Eight to fourteen months from now, you'll be one of the juniors landing €55K+ in a Tier 1 EU city, or €70K+ at a remote-EU company. That's the actual outcome the numbers on this page describe.