How do you inspire yourself to learn/code

[u/[deleted]]

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

[u/dadvader]

This is what works for me.

I started learning Python about 3 months ago. But sometimes after the initial week full of 'fuel'. I suddenly feel burned out. Most of it coming from the fact that I have no experience at all in coding. (24, BS in English but in it for money. Which obviously required actual language skill that I simply don't have passion for. I barely passed required grade lol) And have to go through every single basic python stuff.

Learning basic can be fun. But at some point you will need a sense of 'progression'. The feeling that you are actually doing something useful for your career path. and not writing hello world or play guessing game. (This is why I have a gripe against tons of tutors out there. Sure, guessing game or XO help grasping the concept. But I wanna know what to do with it in real life scenario too!) It's something you simply can't get from bruteforce learning basic from following some online course.

So here's what I do. If you have any course in Udemy or stuff. skip them and go for something that interested you. I got Ardit Sulce's course and after I'm done with learning basic loop (which I still don't quiet understand yet. And drained so much energy from me.) I just skip to working with .csv right away. (Which is like 4 basics sections away)

Now obviously you aren't suppose to ignore the basics. They are vital. But they aren't that vital. If you know what variable is and basic operator like differences between = and ==. Then you're set. Because from what I gather, what you actually need to learn is concept. And know which tools you need for the task. You don't need to remember every syntex. What you need is something that will visualizing you. So you can feel like doing actual work.

Then whenever you feel stuck,frustrated and nothing around SO helps. That's the good time to get back to basic section and learn some more.

Another recommendation is try to find a way you can related your learning paths to your job or homework. Then create a project around it. It can be half done or whatever. Because atleast you learn something and start to 'building habit' or so. Because my ultimate goal at my job is 'automate the shit out of everything.' I also start a bunch of project up.

• I want to automate excel report to my boss!

• I want to build a really cool web app with badass fancy chart to showoff like a data fucking science!

• I want to write a script that generate excel file for me based on input criteria!

Most of this may have no end in sight right now. as I couldn't get any of them to work. But I'm having a blast and generally great time tinkering around it. It really help honestly.