To learn the basics of the Python Programming Language: Syntax, Conditional Statements, Modularization, and Object Oriented Programming.
What would a contractor be without tools? Certainly not a good one. What kind of tools are at a programmer's disposal? Languages! Each tool has it's own special purpose. Same goes with programming languages. Lets say you need something you can easily port onto different platforms for whatever purpose. Well, Python is extremely portable. Not to mention it has an extensive amount of libraries at your disposal. All kinds of things like converting between number systems, doing socket programming, and a bunch of math functions all right out of the box. If you've done C programming, Python's a cakewalk.