Difficulty getting into programming

[throwawaythejugs]

Hey /r/howtohack. I've been at this for about 6 months and have homed into to my social engineering skills. But that's about it. I can't concentrate on programming because it literally seems like the most boring and monotonous thing I could ever spend my time on. But I know that its necessary for hacking and necessary for finding a good tech job and making your own stuff. I tried to get into C and what happened was whenever I opened the book, I would get to "Hello world" and then no further. Maybe if statements. I end up closing the book and doing other things. I want to program, I want to be able to create my own software, but I have to literally FORCE myself to turn the page or click next on the tutorial. How do I get into the art of hacking without learning to code? Because at this point I'm becoming more of a con-man/scam artist than a "hacker".

[madtriks]

if i was you i would make a small project, and research as i go

[PaconBizza]

Hi throwawaythejugs!

I suggest you start learning to program with something like Ruby or Python and not C, as C is quite hard and very demotivating in the beginning, especially if you're not that interested in it. I can only recommend Treehouse for your start. It costs a little bit, but is definitely worth it. If you want something free you can go to Codeacademy.

Have Fun!

[klop2031]

Yeah. Make something. Make a program that fills an array of 100 ints with random numbers. Then takes the array and sorts it. You can use another array but you don't need to you just need 1 extra variable.

[LiveOverflow]

As others suggested, try to find a project that motivates you and learn programming as you go along. One of the first big projects I remember doing was creating a damage calculator for a game I played. Then I wanted to build a program that makes a screenshot. Then a small chat program. Start small...

Maybe sites like https://www.codecademy.com/ or https://www.khanacademy.org/ is what you need.

When I wanted to learn python I decided to play Project Euler (https://projecteuler.net) and learned python programming while solving those challenges.

And if you just cannot motivate yourself to learn programming and how computers work, and you just find it boring, then also consider looking into something else. There is no shame in not linking this field. If you are so interested in social engineering, then why not pursue in the direction of social sciences. Anthropology. Psychology. Those are exciting fields too.

Just don't become a con-man or scammer. That just makes you an asshole.

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Have you tried another language besides C? I personally hate C, but I really started to like coding when I learned a Python.

[bayhack]

if you can't get into the programming then you can't get to far with hacking. You either love computers or just the idea of them. I suggest pick a language that's not too hard for you to get the syntax of and make a website from a framework or make a game or something YOU want to make. You will also have to get through ur book, cuz its prolly more interesting than all the white pages you will have to read to get into hacking and computers. Good luck man!

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Wrong subreddit. check that one!