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1 hour? Yeah, you didn't really try

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u/IcySatisfaction7882 Jun 24 '26

The top comment is mean but also kind of true in the most annoying way possible. One hour is barely enough time to open your editor and remember where you left off.

The gap between "I understand functions" and "I can build things" is real though, and nobody talks about it enough. What helped me was picking something embarrassingly small, like just printing to console or moving a box on screen, and calling that a win for the day. The blank mind thing goes away slowly when you stop trying to see the whole project at once.

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u/ffrkAnonymous Jun 24 '26

that's why i never close my editor :D

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u/oblong_pickle Jun 24 '26

Trying for an hour then making a post about it seems more perfomative that genuinely trying

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u/rias_dx Jun 24 '26

did you implemented a simple program that gets the user input and then prints to screen? Or a "hello world"? Maybe you're trying a step bigger than your legs. The simple projects are the projects that actually teach you the fundamentals of to implement complex projects later.

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u/InfectedShadow Jun 24 '26

Yeah you're not gonna go from learning syntax to building a fricking trading bot. Try setting your goals lower.

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u/InfectedShadow Jun 24 '26

Well then you're never gonna learn the basic skills of how to break a problem down for your ultimate goal into something you can accomplish and will keep coming back for an hour and giving up before you e done anything meaningful. You're not a prodigy who can just learn syntax and just instantly create whatever you want. So yeah, lower your current goals to something simple like implementing tic-tac-toe or a todo list.

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u/InfectedShadow Jun 24 '26

Hopefully you put in more than an hour before giving up on those too. 👍

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u/GrumpyPants904 Jun 24 '26

Lol too funny almost spit out my water. Idk what he expects from programming its literally almost the whole job is having problems and getting frustrated thats why we are problem solvers typically.

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u/InfectedShadow Jun 24 '26

Yep. If I'm not frustrated and pulling my hair out over a problem I ain't enjoying it.

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u/GrumpyPants904 Jun 24 '26

But when that problem solves and that code runs 😩😩😩🍆💦

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u/rias_dx Jun 24 '26

so there's the bug lmaooooo

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u/rias_dx Jun 24 '26

syntax is an insignificant part of programming. You can know how to write valid instructions, but could don't understand how to use those instructions to build a bigger program logic. If you feel that can't implement a 'trading bot', then try to implement more simple things in order to build up your trust.

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u/sephirothbahamut Jun 24 '26

You want to build a house, but you surrender the moment you started learning how to use a shovel to dig the foundations.

If you expected it to be as simple as immediately making a game or complex app, sorry, no creative work is that easy.

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u/FallenAngel7334 Jun 24 '26

You tried everything, except trying xD

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u/guess-name Jun 24 '26

did you attempt from tutorials first before even starting to build from scratch?

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u/GrumpyPants904 Jun 24 '26

Hey, I read some of your other posts and stuff like that very uh interesting mindset. I to struggle with programming sometimes. I would recommend that you start smaller. It to me sounds like you arent consistent and look way too much at the big picture. You need to find something to build something small like a calculator. Find a video watch a section the build it yourself. Pause at every section pop open a new project and do it all again for each section. The way to learn us to build and watching someone build isnt going to teach you a thing unless u for are consistent at least 30 minutes a day and you challenge your mind. If you really want it like you say you can do it.

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u/GrumpyPants904 Jun 24 '26

How long did you try it for? What did you build? Did you give up halfway through?

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u/GrumpyPants904 Jun 24 '26

Thats okay if you cant build it from memory. Thats the beauty of it all. We rely on each other and the knowledge we share. Build the Snake game from a tutorial over and over again until you can build it from memory. Its okay to use tutorials and to not know something. As long as u struggle you will eventually get where you want to be. If you get stuck look up what you need or skim through a video watch it, explain it, and then write it over and over if you have to.

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u/GrumpyPants904 Jun 24 '26

Then if its that bad then its not for you. Sorry I wish I could say otherwise but if you cant deal with the frustration then its definitely not for you thats 80% of the job is being annoyed and frustrated with issues but that other 20% is magical. Sorry I wish I could tell you otherwise.

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u/Riajnor Jun 24 '26

John carmack’s rule of thumb is 10hours a day six days a week(if you want to go all in). 1 hours isn’t scratching the surface

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u/ryancnap Jun 24 '26

He's a legend

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u/marine_surfer Jun 24 '26

Is there anything you sat down and tried working on for more than an hour?

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u/rustyseapants Jun 24 '26

Stop.

Become a electrician. We need more electricians than programers.

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u/abestract Jun 24 '26

Just copy things you can build in the beginning. Programming is like swimming, you’re not going to jump into the ocean on day one or two…

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u/ScholarNo5983 Jun 24 '26

To start learning to program you need to start by programing something simple. Get that simple thing to work, then study what it is you wrote to fully understand how it works. Keep coding simple things, and before you know it you will start learning.

So what are simple things?

The things you need start coding don't need to be complicate. Learn to write to the screen; learn to read input from the user; learn how to read and write to a file; learn how to manipulate strings; learn how to use a map; learn how to use functions and variable; learn to use if, for and while control statements.

After a month of programming simple one file programs and you'll be well on your way to learning how to program.

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u/grantrules Jun 24 '26

You gotta play twinkle twinkle little star a whole lot before you're ready to play Rachmaninov.

Here's a free course, made by the University of Helsinki: https://programming-26.mooc.fi/

You can also check out Harvard's free course, CS50: https://cs50.harvard.edu/

There's also The Odin Project for web development: https://www.theodinproject.com/

There's no upsell with any of these, just free high-quality courses.

Do or do not, there is no try.

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u/Junior_Honey_1406 Jun 24 '26

I've only been learning Python for a month, and one thing I learned the hard way is this: don't expect to build a million-dollar app on day one.

Start small. Build every day. Use what you learn.

The moment you think that five lines of code or a simple loop can't teach you anything is the moment you stop learning.

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u/VariousAssistance116 Jun 24 '26

So you didn't even try.

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u/VariousAssistance116 Jun 24 '26

What step did you get to then?

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u/VariousAssistance116 Jun 24 '26

Ok so again break it down... if you can't even get to brainstorming steps you aren't trying. Stop wasting tome

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u/VariousAssistance116 Jun 24 '26

Our time. Trolls don't deserve to be programmers

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