I might have some tips for ya as I do quite a bit of Python and PostGIS these days. PostGIS is a Postgresql extention that allows you to work with geodata and is the bread and butter of most of my geo algorithems these days. Look into Seaborn and Plotly for visualizations. Seaborn is easier, but Plotly extends to Plotly Dash which I think is phenomenal and has been on my to-learn list for over a year now. It does require you to understand Python decorators, which I haven't figured out yet. But it means you can load dynamic data into a customizable dashboard without any front end dev, and no matter what job you end up with that's a damned usefull piece of wizardry to have. My north star in visual, clear design is the Vignelli Canon. Look it up, absorb it, you won't regret it I think. For the key thing: learn how to use github, save the key in a file, use .gitignore for the file, open(file, r).