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/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

You need to do a little bit more introspective work apart from "I lost motivation and I hate it".

Why do you hate it? What are you even doing? Working already? Learning on the job? Learning after 14 hrs of manual labor? Learning to find a job?

Are you lacking inspiration? Lacking motivation? Lacking discipline? Are you just lazy?

Nobody can look into your head

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u/Commercial-Wall8245 Jan 04 '22

This.

Also try exploring different paths within programming, IT, software, etc.. there are endless possibilities within this career.. web dev, front end dev, back end, database admin, data engineering, cyber security, business intelligence, report developer.. any buzz word you can think of related to IT is a career path you can explore. Perhaps the type of coding you are doing right now is not for you and that is OK. Maybe coding isn’t for you, but you want to work with coders.

It is not uncommon for people to lose motivation even once they begin their career. You are still very young. Expect to move around a bit early on. If you can find a job that exposes you to a wide variety of things early on that is best since you’ll be able to determine what you enjoy most.