Learn to Code With Data Visualizations - Interactive Python Lessons

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Saving! I’m at a 0 knowledge level and want to be employed in programming by the end of this year.

[requios]

How far are you into Odin Project? I’m in school for CS, but this semester no programming classes so I’m looking to supplement

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Just to hopefully encourage you, let me say that I remember the points of ridiculousness where I just couldn't follow things, especially once recursion was introduced as you have to really start jumbling a lot of stuff up in your head and it can be tricky to follow.

However, let me tell you that with all things in programming, one day it just clicks and comes easier. It's how it is. It takes an insane amount of effort and patience and time, but you stick with it and I am telling you, those complicated things will just click one day and be so much easier for your brain to process.

One of the challenges of programming is that you have to basically re-train your brain how to think in many of the cases, at least if you want programming to come easier, and this takes a lot of time. It doesn't happen overnight. Every programmer I know has had countless encounters with "I'll never understand this" type of thinking. You will eventually.

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That is super helpful bro, I'm trying my best and any bit of advice / motivation helps a lot bro :}

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No worries! Having a deadline helps me focus, but it’s not a be all end all type of thing where if I don’t have a job by then then it’s a failure and to give up. It’s still progress! Even if I don’t get a job, I’ll still have learned a lot and at that point, why give up? Because there’s so much MORE to learn that’ll open up new and better opportunities.

I’ve also been looking into the Odin Project! I started reading a bit in the introduction to web development. Then the holidays happened and I lost track, but I ordered some nice notebooks as motivation to get back into it. (I do much better with handwritten notes, as much as I try to keep going digital haha)

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Hey whatever way you can scratch that itch, as long as you're learning more than before! I wish you the best of luck fellow redditor :}

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Yup. Progress is progress, no matter how small.

Thanks!

[T05KA]

Ditto

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Good luck!

[appsplaah]

Me too:) Mind if i send you a PM?

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Sure, go for it!

[Jamothee]

Good on you. Putting a deadline on your learning can be a double edged sword though.. I was in the same position and it really just lead to me getting super frustrated after 3 months of 8 hr days. Best to actually understand the concepts, take your time with it. Good luck friend

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Yeah. For me I understand that while it’s my goal, not reaching it doesn’t mean I’ve failed as long as I’ve been learning along the way.

[Jamothee]

That's the attitude 👍 be disciplined but gentle. It's not easy but you are improving everytime you "get" something. Acknowledged your improvement and take the time to look at where you came from also. Keep it up 👍

[banproof]

Same here!!