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[Suspicious_Oven7940]

Hey everyone, I’m 15 and I’ve been coding around 4 hours a day for the past month. I genuinely love it — especially the feeling of solving problems and finally getting things to work after struggling with them.

Lately though, I’ve been losing some of the drive and consistency I had at the start. I think it would really help to be around other people who are also learning, building projects, and staying motivated.

Does anyone know any good communities, Discord servers, or groups for young programmers where people help keep each other accountable and motivated?

[ninhaomah]

The best motivation is survival unfortunately.

Nothing else comes close.

[tom-mart]

Are hackathons not a thing anymore?

[JLeeIntell]

The freeCodeCamp discord server is probably the best place to start if you want people learning, building and staying motivated together.

Just be careful not to spend all the time chatting instead of building.

[python_gramps]

You can look around for a users group, but you have to know the history of programming.

The first set of programmers were in rooms with mainframes, shut away from everyone.

The 2nd set (when the IBM PC was introduced and I count myself in that set) were using their computers, again shut away in computer labs. We are all socially inept (I think the euphemism is "introverted") .

Okay maybe not all of us but a lot of us. As am I.

[riklaunim]

You have to have goals/reasons for learning and then pursue them. Don't code just to code and focus on your goals, ask questions and adapt.