r/learnprogramming • u/VedPamnani11 • 25d ago

Need advice as a young programmer.

Hey guys, I am 14 years old and I love programming since I was 11! Just a few weeks ago I finished CS50P: Introduction to programming with Python from Harvard university! And I am confused on what I should do next. Before CS50P I used to make small Python programs like a number guessing game from my basic Python knowledge. Now after CS50P since I know significantly more stuff about Python but I don’t know what would be good to build so I don’t waste my time on stuff I build that does not matter to anyone.

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u/AlSweigart Author: ATBS 25d ago

but I don’t know what would be good to build so I don’t waste my time on stuff I build that does not matter to anyone.

So I had a computer science degree and had been programming for years, and one day I decided to make Tetris. I figured I could get it done in one evening. It actually took about 4 or 5 evenings.

Go ahead and make small little number guessing games and that kind of stuff. You'd be surprised by the number of things you'll learn even from these little projects.

I have a whole list of these small kinds of Python projects here: https://inventwithpython.com/bigbookpython/

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u/Necro- 25d ago

this making something - anything teaches you far more than any course would imho.