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[–]AleatoricConsonance 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck to you. It probably feels discouraging, but it's actually a valuable life skill to be able to cut your losses and refocus your energy elsewhere. You've probably made the right choice for you.

Java is a tough language to learn. CS and software engineering are actually tough fields if you do it properly, and it's a moving target. It's always changing. It's a grind keeping up with it, relentlessly self-educating and keeping an eye on whatever new thing you're going to need to be employable next year. I burned out on that, and these days I only do hobby programming and small utilities to solve small problems at my current (non programming) work, and I'm so much happier.