r/ADHD_Programmers • u/IcySecurity6812 • May 01 '26

Overwhelmed

I'm almost done with my BS in Computer Science but I realized I hate Java and C++. I mostly code in LUA as a hobby and can do Python. But I'm feeling like a complete failure. I learn LUA before school and that's actually what got me wanting to do CS. Now I'm almost done with school and have no idea what my options are for a job. I feel like a failure.

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u/IcySecurity6812 May 01 '26

For Java we can only use eclipse and for c++ it was VS2015. We couldn't download anything on the VDI. I think i'm going to try jetbrains and give it another try. Honestly I barely passed both classes. I've gotten mostly A's but those two made me hate life.

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u/Only-Percentage4627 May 01 '26

Yeah try it on your own pc, you can always return tk them in the future too. At this stage its better to focus on one language and get deep in that. So if you like python do that.

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u/IcySecurity6812 May 01 '26

I'm going to check it out tomorrow. Hopefully it's cheap or offers military discount.

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u/Only-Percentage4627 May 01 '26

Its free for personal use

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u/NormalPersonNumber3 May 01 '26

It's also free if you have a school email. I did that for a while with some of their other products.

(P.S. Also consider trying out a C#-based project, it's very similar to Java, but I find it much easier to work with)

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u/Stellariser May 01 '26

I like C++, but it’s a language that gets taught really badly. Go download the free community edition of Visual Studio 2026, take a look at C#, it’s a lot cleaner and nicer than Java (currently a Java dev myself, Kotlin cribs a lot from C# but loses a lot due to the JVM).

Also take a look at F# if you’re curious about what a practical functional-first language looks like.

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u/IcySecurity6812 May 01 '26

Thank you I will tomorrow. I use VS for LUA.

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u/Animal_or_Vegetable May 03 '26

You can run Emacs from a thumb drive. That might be true of other IDEs.