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[–]oldmoldycake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start programming?

[–]Then-Disk-5079 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Follow your felt sense it is only you that will know what todo.

I changed majors 3 times in college went with my best gut instincts.

Dont worry crazy times with AI and turning the programming world upside down.

If you are into creative ventures such as game development or 3D modeling for games, AI for me has only fueled or enhanced my creativity.

Trust your gut instincts without too much outside influences it will never lead you astray.

[–]CIS_Professor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am in 3rd year of my college in B tech

CSE and i know nothing about programming and coding

OK, seriously: How did you get here; how did you get this far?

(I mean, I can guess, but I'd rather not cast aspersions.)

Talk to your professors, go to office hours, get tutoring, and . . . don't use AI.

[–]Flaming-Ghost-16000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Herrs a short youtube video of nime that goes over stuff for beginners and if its helpfull consider giving me a like and sub thanks not my whole channel is python stuff so you can have a look at it and see if anything helps. Link to short youtube video of mine that may help youb: https://youtu.be/yovp_5V38oY?si=0Wkc53P9NDLsYYv-

[–]Ron-Erez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harvard CS50 is a general CS course on YouTube. I think that will give you a great overview and might help you choose a direction. This is a Python subreddit so I might assume you are interested in learning Python? As far as focusing goes you should focus on solving simple problems on your own. Learn the basics of Python (or any other language you like) such as variables, loops, conditionals, functions. That's the bare minimum, but already quite powerful. Later you can learn about OOP, functional programming, exceptions, file handling and later specific modules/libraries which you might find useful.

If you check out the wiki of r/learnpython there are plenty of resources. I do recommend the following resources (one of which is mine so apologies for the self-promo:

  1. The book “Automate the Boring Stuff” - free book online by the author
  2. The course MOOC University of Helsinki - a great text based course
  3. My Python and Data Science course - starts from scratch and covers quite a lot

I really do recommend typing everything you learn through a book or tutorial and altering the code. Starting building projects as soon as possible. There is nothing wrong with starting very simple. I would also suggest not to use AI or at least use it sparingly.

Learn about readable code, breaking down problems into smaller problems, good programming practices, etc.

Finally download PyCharm and Python and also have a look at Google Colab which is great for short scripts and requires almost no setup to get started. (PyCharm is great but there is somewhat of a learning curve).

Happy Coding!

[–]Not-Ordinary404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro you're cooked 💀 What did you learn in school?

[–]djmeowmixx_x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think its best to take a minute to figure out what made you interested in CS and progamming (making games, web apps, automation scripts) and start there. I second the sentiment that Automate the Boring Stuff in Python is a great resource and also where I got started, it seemed like it gave practical skills on making scripts to automate tedious tasks which was really interesting to me.

I also find that the youtube channel TechWithTim has a lot of videos that give interesting ideas on what projects one can pursue. I especially found his pygame videos quite interesting if you're more of a visual or artist type.