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  • massani
    +4

    Oh man, I definitely feel ya on that one. Over the past 6 months I have been teaching myself Objective-C so I could develop for iOS. It's been very slow going to say the least, hah. However, over the past 2 months or so, I have come to realize my interests are more so in UI/UX. I'm still going to keep on with programming, just as a back-up/resource.

    Don't give up!

    • pseudopsynic
      +3

      I'm trying. I've hit that wall where it just seems like I'll never be any better than I am now. And I'm not very good... I can write a "Guess the Number" script and a faux dice game in python. Took a break and started adding to what html I knew from school. And then started learning css. I think my interests are more in webdev, so I would like to focus on that with languages like javascript, ruby on rails, etc.

      • bobburghart (edited 8 years ago)
        +2

        Coding is hard when you don't have anything to code. Figure out something that you want to make a reality - then motivation will find you.

        • learnerkid
          +2

          I am facing the exact same problem. I get it when people tell me to figure out a problem to solve and then learn to program but I have no idea about the kind of problems I like to solve. I work on Excel most of the time and am quite adept in it and I have also dabbled in Macros a bit. I am now learning C but I am not able to figure out how to use C to solve problems that I face in Excel. Maybe I have a long way to go before I start doing that but I am afraid I will give up much before that. It's already a week since I took a break :(

        • shadow1515
          +1

          Ain't that the truth. I learned some Java and come C in college for classes/research and loved coding. It was just a really enjoyable experience overall. I picked up some Python along the way as well for various things.

          And then I just kind of stagnated, because my totally not related to programming job takes up like 50 hours a week and when I do have time that I could be coding I spend it all trying to dream up something to code, so I've just kind of slowly forgotten everything. I need to just buckle down and learn how to make a simple app or something I think, to at least get me back into it.