Pathway as a programmer

[kenjoe41]

Hello EZers!

To all programmers who do it professionally or as a hobby but have gotten good enough.
I ain't that much of a programmer as this is just a thing i love to do alongside my professional medical life but i feel the way i have approached this the wrong way.

I have toggled through a few programming languages but i literally have achieved nothing. I have not gotten any skilled into any particular field of computer science with my programming except sit on a few syntax blocks.
I feel so empty and useless with no speciality whatsoever.

I could go on forever but please advise me, what should i do. I don't seem to be interested in any field now, or i lose interest after a project  or two in it.

[vezzy]

Expecting to become the next open source/free software rockstar after picking up programming, even for a couple of years, is unrealistic. People have their pinnacles of achievement at different ages. Hell, the age of maximum productivity is in your 40s, IIRC. The people who make it big in their 20s are largely confined to software, and even they're outliers.

If you want a sense of achievement, try getting involved in and hack on some free software project. Hell, if you have some vision that has already been fulfilled by some other project... but just not *quite*, then go, fork it and make it what you want to be. Eventually, you might end up significantly diverging from upstream and thus it'll become your own work of pride.

[Kulverstukas]

I don't know what to say usually in these kind of situations, but the way it works for me is trying to do projects that would improve your life/productivity. Try not to work on it without a break, try setting a deadline for some features.
Most of all plan your shit on paper and then try to transfer that into a project.... it all boils down to concentration and dedication. Loosing interest is normal, it comes back eventually.

Most of all, you need to pick a language and make it your main, which means specializing in it most of the time.

[$trik3r]

same me bro ... i have that problem too ... and its hard to stay motivated when its you alone ... i have being studying and practicing C ...  and its kinda hard to keep the interest ... but i ask myself what i  want or o achieve in learning a programming language etc... i ask myself these question and so far its ok!!! i feel more relief and comfortable ...

[LsD]

I can relate, I'm a pre-med student( interestingly enough that we share a common field) and I have terrible ADHD- TERRIBLE. But now that I've started to take my medication again, with proper motivation and structure, I've been able to devour as much information as I can. What are you hoping to do as a programmer? What are your goals?

[ThePH30N1X]

same me bro ... i have that problem too ... and its hard to stay motivated when its you alone ... i have being studying and practicing C ...  and its kinda hard to keep the interest ... but i ask myself what i  want or o achieve in learning a programming language etc... i ask myself these question and so far its ok!!! i feel more relief and comfortable ...

Not trying to be mean, but those ellipses are killing me.

[Nerotic7]

Not trying to be mean, but those ellipses are killing me.

whats wrong with them... i dont see anything wrong... maybe its just you man... i dont know about you.. but im a complete badass... and if you insult me again... i'll ruin your minecraft server... im in anonymouse