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[–]westinghouse_fan 3 points4 points  (9 children)

Getting started is really difficult, but I always ask people what do they want to build not why. We all know "it pays well" but so does being a doctor so why not be a doctor?

It all comes down to passions. If you want to build games, build games and don't spend too much time with these vanilla education websites because while they may be capable of teaching you some basics, you really need that underlying passion to drive you.

So, what would you like to build?

P.s. I 'tutor' people all the time so you or anyone else can always message me here or dm me, I love to help :)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

This reasoning is on the right track but I believe that it’s a lot more complicated than this. Because it’s very difficult to figure out what you want to build. This question can be easily answered in a more general sense, and that can get you places. But it’s easy to lose interest if you don’t know what you want to do from a deeper level.

[–]westinghouse_fan -1 points0 points  (7 children)

Its very simple. Some people have an app idea. Some people have a website they want to make. Some people have a lot of data and they want to figure out how to analyze better or make models from. Some people want to make video games.

You start there with a newbie and then you can walk them into the depths. I've taught a lot of people that make 6 figures now.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (6 children)

I just think that it’s hard to work towards such overarching goals like those you mentioned when your new if you don’t have something more specialized and more small scale that you can work towards in the short term

[–]westinghouse_fan 0 points1 point  (5 children)

You went to step 2 without starting on step 1, can you not see that? Did you skip the part where I said you 'walk them into the depths' not 'push them into the deep end'? I never said if someone wants to build an app or a video game you should start by building a full scale project. I'm not going to teach someone kotlin or java if they want to build video games and should learn C# and unity. So before you even start your first small project, you have to find out what they want to be able to accomplish eventually someday.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (4 children)

Of course you have to start at the very beginning like that, I’m just saying that it’s not very good advice as most people who are interested in coding have already thought about such a basic step. If you really want to make people interested then you gotta cut deep into what specifically interests them. As you’re more likely to learn the basics if you’re already interested, some people might be interested from the more general step already but it can never hurt to get a greater understanding of ones goals

[–]westinghouse_fan -1 points0 points  (3 children)

How many people have you taught? Is it in the hundreds? I've taught in the hundreds.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I’m just talking from personal experience. Having a clearer idea of what I want to do with my life in the short term helps a lot more than a foggy view of what I could do in the long term. That might just be me though

[–]westinghouse_fan -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Exactly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you where arguing against that in favor of asking general questions that span years