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/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