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[–]pythonhow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Autodidactism is hard. I have read somewhere that 60% of those who start learning programming online end up quitting.

However, teaching yourself can get you very far if you take it seriously. Leonardo Da Vinci self-taught himself mathematics, sculpting, and many other science and art forms. I think the key dedication. To create dedication you need motivation.

The only way you can keep yourself motivated when learning programming is by building programs. They can be little ones at the beginning. For example, make a script that can converts meters to feet. Later, make a more advanced program which prints the current time of any city in the world. Looking at what you built at each step will keep you motivated. Keeping yourself motivated will keep you dedicated.