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Talked with my cousin about why I keep quitting coding and it hit different
Last weekend my cousin asked me why I keep starting coding courses but never finish them. She said it sounds like I treat each lesson like a test I have to pass instead of a tool I can use. That really hit me because she was right. I spent 3 months on a Python course and dropped out when I couldn't debug a script for a simple calculator. I was so focused on getting everything perfect the first time that I forgot coding is supposed to be messy. She told me about how she learned guitar by playing wrong notes for weeks until they sounded right. I never thought about learning to code like learning an instrument where mistakes are part of the process. Has anyone else had that moment where someone described your learning style and it completely changed how you look at coding?
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logan2719d agoTop Commenter
Break each project into tiny wins, like getting one line of code to print correctly.
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jamesc799d ago
My tiny win today was getting the coffee maker to actually dispense coffee instead of just hissing at me.
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