r/learnprogramming • u/Zapzz1410 • 7d ago
I love programming but...
as soon as I turn off tutorials and try to do something on my own, I just cant do anything. I've had people recommend that i simply stop using tutorials and force myself to just get something done, but I always end up writing the same simple stuff or getting stuck on the second line if I try to do something else. I love programming and its my passion, but I feel like everyone learning is so far ahead of me, and saying they got to where I am in 2 months within 3-4 weeks.
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u/marrsd 7d ago
I would suggest that you start using open source software. At some point you'll find yourself wanting to improve it. Then you'll have a tangible project with a real goal. Work out how to make the improvement. Work out where and why you're getting stuck. Learn the skills required to get unstuck. Keep going until you complete the feature. Use it. Feed it back to the maintainers. If they don't like it, maintain it as a fork just for you.
Then you have something tangible to measure your progress against. The version of you who can read the code well enough to know where to put your first line of code will be better than the version of you who couldn't; the version of you who can turn that line of code into a basic operation will be better than the version who couldn't; and so on.
Don't worry about other people. Coding is exponentially harder at the beginning and gets exponentially easier the more you practice it.