Programming - never ending path

Question

What were your thoughts when you started programming ? Did you have any doubts ? Did you want to quit ? What made you to stay and continue your journey ?

Answer 1

I started back when I was in my early teens, around 13, and I'm 32 now. Back then I use to play a lot of text based adventure games online, and was part of a team creating stuff in-game for them. I decided to branch off and create my own, and brought on some people to help, including a programmer. However, the programmer was really lazy and that was putting my ideas at a standstill, so I decided that I would learn how to program and then I wouldn't have to rely upon a programmer to do what I wanted to do. Naturally, I enjoy puzzles, solving problems, and just thinking about things in general, so programming was a perfect fit and fell in love with it instantly. During that time I started creating mods/addons for games like Duke Nukem 3D, Quake 1, and Doom. I did all of it just for fun for many years and branched off in other areas of IT before returning back to focusing solely on programming.

For myself, since it was out of passion and just for fun, it was an enjoyable process and I never felt pressured by what I was doing. I think if you don't have a love for it, it'll probably be a nightmare for you in the long run. If you love it, your imagination is the limits of where you'll take us. The future is created on the backs of those in the present; what will we create?

Answer 2

I'm 27 years. I just started programming 3 months ago with C++, and I realised how much time I've wasted!!
I was almost discouraged to stop when I saw learners here as young as 12!!
But I've been encouraged by some wonderful people here and I'll work extra hard to get to the top.
I'm already done with C++, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
My love for learning drives me through! Thanks SoloLearn !

Answer 3

When I first started coding, I never really looked at it as something that I had to learn and continue with, and I more just did it because I enjoyed doing it. Coding had always just been one of my hobbies and I enjoy doing it in my spare time, so learning more just came along with that. I didn't really even have some sort of inspirational person or company or whatever that I would look up to, my main drive was just looking forward to what the end result may be and creating it along the way. It always got me excited when something I had been working on for a while finally worked, and that sort of helped encourage me to do more with it.

Answer 4

I started learned last year when I was 11.(Now I 12) My first course is HTML,CSS and JS because I want to create a webpage. First time, I didn't learn at Sololearn. I learned at some web that helps you learn a basics. Not all of HTML language. So I can create a basic of webpage!! The most question in my mind (doubt) is "How to add a video in a webpage?". Next I had an iOS application to learn (still not Sololearn). But some content of it is for a premium user. So I quit this app and stop learning HTML. But one day, I found a new application with no in-app purchases. This is Sololearn. Today, I finish 5 course!!! (HTML,CSS,JS,PHP and SQL). Thanks Sololearn to made this great app. So I understand HTML now.(Some concept I learn by the example of a public code, Like how to add video into a webpage.)

Answer 5

Yes !! you are. How far we have come with "Hello World!". We have to a long way journey to go. Once when we have started programming we can' t give-up. It's like cocaine addicted . It's only depend on person. No matter what language you have learned . ONCE A PROGRAMMER ALWAYS BE A PROGRAMMER !!!

Answer 6

Started and stopped several times, now I am at college trying to learn it the correct way.  I wish the courses could be better connected together with an ongoing project or website. I built a website in the second semester, but did not publish it.  It was simple and static, but fun website. Having your own website is far more a reason to get into the learning. Validation of forms, each form could be validated with a different language. Then when you get to jQuery,  re-do a lot of the javascript you already programmed to better understand how much easier it could have been. I am still sticking with it this time, but think I already forgot what I was doing in the first semester.  I have been using websites like codecademy to refresh my older skills, so I do not forget too much.  I wish they had these classes in high school back in my day. But we can't blame always school for that.
Right now, I am learning about databases (MySQL) so that I can create a fully fledged dynamic website because that project will give me a confidence to learn any language after that

Answer 7

I started when I was 8 or 9, but I quit (I don’t suggest programming for anyone under 10, math needs to be a bit more advanced) but then quit and came back at 13 because I really wanted to learn it.

Answer 8

well...it was in my Syallubus...or you can say ..it is in my Syallubus...m not a computer science student...m a math graduate...but I had a keen interest in coding when I learnt C language n JAVA ...so I wanted to know more programming languages...so I came across this great app...n now also ...m in a process to learn more languages​...n coding n hope I will learn a lot of them...😊

Answer 9

@Ms.Nafis wierdly enough I started in a similar way read from my sisters books *stole* my dads hotsopt and downloaded java ide

Answer 10

I have been busy I dont know how I can keep up learning and also practicing and also studying

Answer 11

Since I received my first computer in 1989, I've always had the code virus. For elementary reasons of the course of the life, I could only enjoy the virus of eventual form. today, so far from that AMSTRAD 128K, I still feel in front of these computers to think that I can transfer my idea to a mathematical equation that my screen will reproduce as I think it. Now that everything has changed I think that the future on the code will be written by our robots.

Answer 12

I discovered coding and programming started last year November (2017). Now I'an 12 years old. My first course was HTML, CSS and JS because I want to create cool web pages but I didn't start from sololearn, I started from a website called w3schools. I discovered Sololearn about a month ago. Here, I found out about the C language, C++ C# and many others. Now I have two certificates (HTML, JS).

Answer 13

I am not a IT student but I love to do coding and I have started leaning java and I am happy to learn. And I am so much impressed about the sololearn community they are helping me a lot to solve problems.

Answer 14

I started coding after reading a chapter on C programming in my elder sister's book.I felt interested and thought let's see what happens after writing the code accurately.And my journey started there.Got a free wifi from my neighbour and from then, I am a programmer!!😃😃

Answer 15

I will not quit as I love programming😂

Answer 16

I started programming when I was 11 years old, I had to go to the library where I could use a Commodore 64 for 1 hour. At the end of that hour I used to print my code, go home, work on it some more and the next time I went I had to type in my complete program again. That was in 1985.
3 Years later I bought my own computer, an MSX 2. Another 3 or so years later I had my first PC: a 386 @16MHz with a 40MB harddisk. With that pc I teached myself Pascal and when I went to college a bit later I learned C and Delphi (object oriented Pascal). Later I also learned TCL, C++, C#, Python, Java, Visual Basic, D and bash scripting. But the language I used most, by far, is C.
So now I am programming for 32 years. 5 years ago I switched from being full time programmer to teacher in computer science, so now I program a lot less than I used to :)

Answer 17

The Unity game engine was my main reason for learning programming and I've never looked back ever since. The only regret I have is not learning programming at an earlier age. But now that I can access SoloLearn from anywhere, I can at least catch up on that lost time.

Answer 18

I started at university back in 2003 and initially loved it, but didn’t pursue my inspiration vigorously until recently.
I am beginning to realise what I have been missing: fun, challenge, and engineering solutions to make a real difference in the world.
The world needs the very best from people like us in coming years if we are to overcome the many challenges facing us all. Personally, I am inspired by that great challenge every day now - to make a difference.

Answer 19

I started out as a computer enthusiast as a child and later grew to wanting to be able to write the software they operate with. I started with html and then played with Visual Basic. Lately I have enjoyed learning java and look forward to python next. Programming is a never ending path of learning. My best advice is learn the basics and learn how to find the answers through research or working it out. No one has the ability to remember it all. Good luck.

Answer 20

I started a year ago with PascalABC, which was learned at our school... I manage to program best in class, so I decided to try myself in this proffesion, moreover, it was time for me to think what I want to do in future. Last summer, when I was 14, I went to summer camp for programmers, I knew nearly nothing! I learnt Python in bioinformatics and at the end of camp I was invited to courses in the September. I worked, and worked, sometimes it is hard for me to understand something, but now I even do some projects in Web. I cant live a day without learning smth new or just programming