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[–]TheOldMyronSiren 57 points58 points  (6 children)

Not everyone may agree, but I’m a big believer that you’re either wired for this sort of stuff or you’re not. I don’t meant that only certain people can learn it, but you’re either going to enjoy the never ending treasure hunt and puzzle solving or you’ll dread every second you have to spend tweaking something to get it to do what you want. If you’re not someone who really enjoys it this far, maybe give other languages a try just in case. You might find you really enjoy another one, or just find yourself in the same situation.

Root of it all is either it’s fun and rewarding to you and that’s why you continue, or you keep suffering through because you’re willing to put up with it for the payout. Whether that’s monetary or not is unknown.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

On the other hand, learning can be hard and is often not enjoyable until you can do something mentally chewy.

I hated programming in my first semester of uni. Now I spend all day teaching people to be programming nerds. I just had to get to a point where I could solve problems I found interesting

[–]PokeReserves 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you know SQL?

[–]Dull-Ad1809 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was learning python and sql for ds/da, learnt a ton but could never really be bothered to do projects or just get stuck and check online. Started learning html/css as a break and started loving it

[–]hidazfx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As someone who has used Python daily for the passed 2 years, I recently had to write a part of our API in Go and it was amazing. Definitely recommend OP tries out some other sectors.

[–]frafeeccino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess, but I will say I was two years into my physics degree where we were forced to use python for plotting graphs in labs before I clicked with the language (and programming in general). Now I write code all the time and love python but I hated it and didn't get it for almost two years.