Reflection on my learning curve
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I just had this thought about how I went about starting programming. I was 12 or 13, roughly half my current age when I picked up a good old read: learn VB6 in 21 days. Didn't finish it and messed around a bit. But it didn't really teach programming, the thinking needed only just a small guide on how to use a tool. A few years later I started reading books about c++. A lot of theory but again not much in the way on how to think about programming but I did create a few programs but not much that helped really. Another year or so not really getting anywhere before I started at University. This helped me immensely but its just after University I really gotten to learn. Working on real world programs and applications. University did give a few good experiences but mostly a framework about subjects which I've later started researching as needed. Two years after university and I finally started on work related to my studies and now a few years after I realise that those were fairly in efficient years. A lot because I didn't take it too seriously and lack of motivation but also because I'm not one to study things inside out just because of a course. It's mostly because of real world problems and then articles here on code project I found the motivation to really get in to learning and becoming better. My point? A big thanks to CP and all writers and members and a better understanding of how to motivate myself.
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I just had this thought about how I went about starting programming. I was 12 or 13, roughly half my current age when I picked up a good old read: learn VB6 in 21 days. Didn't finish it and messed around a bit. But it didn't really teach programming, the thinking needed only just a small guide on how to use a tool. A few years later I started reading books about c++. A lot of theory but again not much in the way on how to think about programming but I did create a few programs but not much that helped really. Another year or so not really getting anywhere before I started at University. This helped me immensely but its just after University I really gotten to learn. Working on real world programs and applications. University did give a few good experiences but mostly a framework about subjects which I've later started researching as needed. Two years after university and I finally started on work related to my studies and now a few years after I realise that those were fairly in efficient years. A lot because I didn't take it too seriously and lack of motivation but also because I'm not one to study things inside out just because of a course. It's mostly because of real world problems and then articles here on code project I found the motivation to really get in to learning and becoming better. My point? A big thanks to CP and all writers and members and a better understanding of how to motivate myself.
It is good you find your motivation at CP, however self motivation is very important in the constantly evolving world of software development... You should work on that :-)
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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It is good you find your motivation at CP, however self motivation is very important in the constantly evolving world of software development... You should work on that :-)
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
I find the constantly evolving world of software development more demotivating than ever. At the moment they are busy reinventing that kind of junk we got rid of 30 years ago. That gives me about 30 years time for a little break while those fools are condemned to repeat past mistakes.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns. -
I find the constantly evolving world of software development more demotivating than ever. At the moment they are busy reinventing that kind of junk we got rid of 30 years ago. That gives me about 30 years time for a little break while those fools are condemned to repeat past mistakes.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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I just had this thought about how I went about starting programming. I was 12 or 13, roughly half my current age when I picked up a good old read: learn VB6 in 21 days. Didn't finish it and messed around a bit. But it didn't really teach programming, the thinking needed only just a small guide on how to use a tool. A few years later I started reading books about c++. A lot of theory but again not much in the way on how to think about programming but I did create a few programs but not much that helped really. Another year or so not really getting anywhere before I started at University. This helped me immensely but its just after University I really gotten to learn. Working on real world programs and applications. University did give a few good experiences but mostly a framework about subjects which I've later started researching as needed. Two years after university and I finally started on work related to my studies and now a few years after I realise that those were fairly in efficient years. A lot because I didn't take it too seriously and lack of motivation but also because I'm not one to study things inside out just because of a course. It's mostly because of real world problems and then articles here on code project I found the motivation to really get in to learning and becoming better. My point? A big thanks to CP and all writers and members and a better understanding of how to motivate myself.
Growing up in Canada, there are two post-secondary education systems: community college or university. In the words of a university professor, "If you go to college, you are nothing but a pair of hands". You won't be the manager, you'll be the worker. Well, I chose community college where I learned real life programming; we worked on applications for businesses in town. My friends that went to university graduated with a degree, but were lacking on actual programming skills. They understand theory, but not application. So... more than 30 years after graduating, I truly enjoy my job - and being a pair of hands.
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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I just had this thought about how I went about starting programming. I was 12 or 13, roughly half my current age when I picked up a good old read: learn VB6 in 21 days. Didn't finish it and messed around a bit. But it didn't really teach programming, the thinking needed only just a small guide on how to use a tool. A few years later I started reading books about c++. A lot of theory but again not much in the way on how to think about programming but I did create a few programs but not much that helped really. Another year or so not really getting anywhere before I started at University. This helped me immensely but its just after University I really gotten to learn. Working on real world programs and applications. University did give a few good experiences but mostly a framework about subjects which I've later started researching as needed. Two years after university and I finally started on work related to my studies and now a few years after I realise that those were fairly in efficient years. A lot because I didn't take it too seriously and lack of motivation but also because I'm not one to study things inside out just because of a course. It's mostly because of real world problems and then articles here on code project I found the motivation to really get in to learning and becoming better. My point? A big thanks to CP and all writers and members and a better understanding of how to motivate myself.
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VB6
Now I really feel old. :sigh: One of these[^], with a subscription to this[^], was how I got started. VB6 came out shortly after I'd finished University and started work.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I just had this thought about how I went about starting programming. I was 12 or 13, roughly half my current age when I picked up a good old read: learn VB6 in 21 days. Didn't finish it and messed around a bit. But it didn't really teach programming, the thinking needed only just a small guide on how to use a tool. A few years later I started reading books about c++. A lot of theory but again not much in the way on how to think about programming but I did create a few programs but not much that helped really. Another year or so not really getting anywhere before I started at University. This helped me immensely but its just after University I really gotten to learn. Working on real world programs and applications. University did give a few good experiences but mostly a framework about subjects which I've later started researching as needed. Two years after university and I finally started on work related to my studies and now a few years after I realise that those were fairly in efficient years. A lot because I didn't take it too seriously and lack of motivation but also because I'm not one to study things inside out just because of a course. It's mostly because of real world problems and then articles here on code project I found the motivation to really get in to learning and becoming better. My point? A big thanks to CP and all writers and members and a better understanding of how to motivate myself.
I'm old :/ I started learning back in late '84, but don't remember the name of the first reference book I used on my old Atari 800XL... Got this one later: The IBM Basic Handbook[^] And it's still on my bookshelf... Ah, nostalgia...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)
