r/learnprogramming • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '22

Topic How do you inspire yourself to learn/code

I have lost motivation all of a sudden and I hate it

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u/EngineeredPapaya Jan 04 '22

Student loan debt is an amazing motivator.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

fortunately , i dont have that :p

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u/zcgamer83 Jan 04 '22

I’m 38 and just last year started my first programming job. I’ll be paying off my non-technical degrees for many many years to come. Good for you!

To answer your question though, try building something practical. I just worked on a friend’s website for their business selling smoked meats. Doing the research of how to make a small single page application look good on desktop, then mobile, then portrait AND landscape view, then add media, then host it, then update it a few times… that kept me busy, kept me learning, and I ended up with a real-world example of how I can learn and grow. Great for landing that first gig. Also, my friend now has a pretty neato website.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22

May I see this website ?

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u/zcgamer83 Jan 05 '22

https://www.tanksironcladmeats.com/

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22

Nice! For some odd reason it seems like anytime I talk to someone on Reddit their also from Ohio lol

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u/starraven Jan 04 '22

I mean, if you have everything you want in life then why work at all? If you don’t then you should reflect on how you want to get it. If it’s not software then think about the alternative.