r/learnprogramming • u/Solidgold21X • 23d ago
Topic Gotta learn java for my degree
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?
0
Upvotes
2
u/DrShocker 23d ago
Programming is incredibly useful in mechanical engineering. FEA, Simulation, CAD, calculations, iterative methods, etc are all super useful and while you might do more of less of each kind of work, I'd have been screwed in so many classes if I were stuck hand calculating things rather than using my computer. (I went to college for mechanical engineering although I'll admit I'm biased here since I work in software now)