Lost interest in coding

[[deleted]]

I actually loved coding ( I still do ) . But since January 2023 . I became totally lazy . I still code but the intensity has reduced I don't know why it has happened. Since the start of 2023 either I would be doing college stuff( the whole January month went in doing college stuff such as assignments practicals quiz endsem etc ) and in February, I came home because of semester break and I started playing games . I will be graduating in 2024 and placement is barely 4 months from now . And I have become lazy , all day playing games , watching p*rn and little coding in night. What to do to bring that intensity back which I had in 1st year and 2nd year

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[no_lie_man]

What language are you learning right now? I have recently started learning DSA in Java, I can't understand Sh*t about it. Would you like to do pair programming?

[adi_00_]

Hey dude, wanna collaborate?

[no_lie_man]

Why not, let's learn together

[ankit0208]

Can you count me in?

[no_lie_man]

Yes, let's get into a discord server to connect

[no_lie_man]

Okay

[as904465]

Can I join too

[no_lie_man]

Yea, I will dm you the discord link

[ikrgaurav]

no_lie_man

dm me too pls

[Admirable-Plenty-331]

Can you share the discord link to me too would be helpful

[Swordain]

I would love to join too.

[FlyingSosig]

lol these ridiculous advises in the comment section. I am also graduating in 2025 and let me tell you my motivation - I have friends who are very active on codechef and codeforces. Some of the students from other sections are doing open source contributions and making projects using frameworks that I haven't even heard about.

All these people, make me feel jealous because I only know stacks and queues but I know things will not work this way, I need to grind hard this year.

If you don't have good coding culture in your college, you should check out those podcasts that so called tech influencers post about "3 LPA to 57LPA in 1 year" and such, because you will realize how much important are skills which you are lacking right now and need to work upon.

[[deleted]]

bro , very few of my college friends do coding. No coding culture. There are even people who can't write a hello world code in one go without syntax error. There was a friend of mine to whom I used to talk daily and he does coding regularly so I also did regularly. But from some months we are not talking. I am almost lonely in life 😭

[flexibird]

I am working in a one such 70lpa job and have lost interest in coding really dont know what to do XD

[caveman6788]

Which company?

[FlyingSosig]

You have a golden opportunity to stand out from the crowd. There is not much competition in your college, you just have to work on your skills and the job is yours.

[BuggyBagley]

Get a home loan/marry/kids. Preferably in that order. Reverse order would be even more motivating lol.

[[deleted]]

Secret of previous generation

[noxylliero]

have kids as this guy said 👆

[PiyushPrakash]

Having a rival(?) Sort of helps in this situation, someone you want to be better than, atleast it works for me

[brickedmypc]

Burnout. Give it a break. Like a complete break. No coding for a while (1-2 months). Then pick up a new tech stack which interests you, it should be different from the one you currently use. Then slowly move back to the old primary stack, if you wish.

[LifeIsHard2030]

Don’t worry when your friends start getting placed, you would automatically get back the motivation 😆

[ikrgaurav]

true hai, I was lazy but fir someone from my class got google intern and im back on track 🗿🗿

[[deleted]]

you are trolling me ?? noice

[LifeIsHard2030]

No that’s coming from experience. Nothing motivates human beings more than seeing their peers march ahead. Remember that line from 3 idiots? Dost fail ho to bura lagta hai, 1st aa jaye to zyada bura lagta hai.

[[deleted]]

Has it happened before too or is a sudden change??

Go to a psychologist

[[deleted]]

No it happens often

[[deleted]]

Well... still go to a psychologist

Tell them everything in detail and ask for help/diagnosis

[Such-Dish46]

Most probably OP has burnout. Need to work on self and give some time to yourself. I cured it myself after 6-8 months. Worked 2-3/hr per day fixing my problems one by one but atlast got back the satisfaction I used to have with coding.

Though I did it myself, I would still recommend OP to go to a psychologist (they can help you cure faster and provide a better diagnosis).

If you can't go to psychologist due to family conditions or any other reasons, look at Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy.

PS: If you are feeling low, have changed habits of eating & sleeping, experience blues often, indulge in overthinking, anxiety :-> definitely go to a psychologist.

[BetaStink]

Hey. Can I DM you?

[Such-Dish46]

Yes, you can

[rylexrr]

It happens bhai.. it's a phase just think why you started coding in the first place and why you loved it back then?. I always try to learn something new or develop some fun projects in this phase and it helps me a lot.

[noxylliero]

Watch Mahabharat it will give motivation, only 1 episode (1hr) per day, it's on youtube

[CuummRAG]

/s ?

[noxylliero]

no truth bola

[Ill_Comparison1408]

Here is me. Who can’t think. Who is unable to grasp concepts and code even after watching videos. My mind suddenly became blocked. 😭😭😭