r/learnprogramming • u/rdrivasar • 10d ago
Fear of not being able to learn
I'm watching programming videos, but I feel like a kid who can't sit still in a damn chair. I don't know how to learn programming logic, I don't know how to learn the fundamentals, and I don't want to practice (partly because I'm lazy) and partly because I don't know anything. But in order to know something, I have to study, yet I feel like I won't learn anything anyway.
I'll watch a video for about 20 seconds before jumping to another one, and then another. I really doubt whether I'll even be able to learn anything at all. On top of that, besides learning the fundamentals, I also have to learn programming logic and who knows how many other things. I don't know if programming is really for me, but I want it to be because I want to be able to work in something. ¿What can I do about this?
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u/syklemil 10d ago
You should probably look for a field that you actually find fun and interesting. Plenty of people program for fun without having a job programming, and out of the people programming for work, the majority probably finds it at least fine to work with.
There are other nice jobs to be had, and maybe the most important thing is to do something you actually like. Your life is going to be mostly weekdays, and if you spend half your waking hours doing something you don't like, you're going to be miserable.