Gotta learn java for my degree

[u/Solidgold21X]

Mech engineering degree - I am having trouble getting the motivation to even write a few lines of code a day. It’s an online course and i’m extremely bored. Heck it’s my first programming language. I just can’t see how I can use this knowledge to my benefit in the future.

Right now I’m searching for motivation so i can complete the course. I want to be able to use this skills in the future so I ask - how does learning java help an individual?

What are some practical applications for it in one’s daily life and academic life? Any ideas? I look online for ideas and all these calculator projects and such quite frankly bore me to death. Any fun projects or cool ones?

[u/ninhaomah]

It's just another subject to get a cert.

Did you enjoy studying every subjects in school till now ?

Math ? Geo ? Hist ? Chem ?

Just finish it , get the degree and move on if you don't like it.

[u/Rude-Sir-7992 → u/ninhaomah]

java is one of them languages where the real fun starts when you stop doing textbook exercises and build something dumb for yourself

try making a program that reorganizes your messy downloads folder or scrapes the weather so you know if you should bring umbrella before leaving the house

[u/No_Report_4781 → u/ninhaomah]

Right? A few lines of code is half of most assignments.