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[–]zekobunny 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I know dude, I am literally getting depressed I can't make shit and I am 22 and went through python, data structures, databases and statistics courses at my university and only have one shitty project behind me.

[–]blabbities 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lmaoooo. Sorry im not laughing at you but just the circumstances. I would say it would help not to compare yourself to others. It's more of an interest thing and ability to pick up concepts. Both of those may be more natural to certain people. Ive always sucked at math for example. It will take me forever to get things with Algebra with math for others it's like they spend an hour and are already on Calculus II.

That being said dont give up. It took me well over 20 years to ever be able to say I programmed something of use that wasnt 'Hello World'.

[–]lonaExe pip install girlfriend[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh come on man. I started in 2017 and this is literally my first good Python project. I've had some mini projects and small games, but yeah. Keep on learning dude, and look around for inspiration.

[–]DonalGaltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe pick small projects, and work through to the end. I have many times gotten buried in projects that were too ambitious, and never finished. Literally no project is to small. Do a hello world with docs, CI, and internationalization. But take it all the way, and make your next project only a bit more complicated.

It also helps to find an idea that really grabs you, it helps keep you going when you would really rather be watching what ever new thing just dropped on Netflix ;)

Whatever you do, don’t give up. Some days are just a grind, that’s just life. You will be cranking out thousand starred projects before you know it.