Code junkie obsessed with documentation standards, military history and documentaries! Otherwise it's either Rugby 🏉, Jiu-Jitsu 🥋, Formula 1 🏎 or ProWrestling! #TooSweetMe 🤘
When I first started learning how to code, I was 7 years old and all I wanted to do was play the golf game, Links: The Challenge of Golf, on my dad's IBM PS/2. The only way to play the game was to issue commands using MS-DOS. So, motivated by the desire to play that golf game, I learned MS-DOS. The thought of it being hard never entered my mind (then again, I was only 7 years old and had a one track mind of "video games equals fun!").
Learning to code can be challenging but I also believe your mindset--as you're learning--also plays a huge role in the ease of learning. If you go into learning how to code with your motivation being the amount of money you can potentially earn, you'll quickly come to hate it. If you go into it with the excitement of knowing that you can help others find the information they're looking for, using the means that you--yourself--have built and created, you'll find that it's incredibly enjoyable to learn.
When I first started learning how to code, I was 7 years old and all I wanted to do was play the golf game, Links: The Challenge of Golf, on my dad's IBM PS/2. The only way to play the game was to issue commands using MS-DOS. So, motivated by the desire to play that golf game, I learned MS-DOS. The thought of it being hard never entered my mind (then again, I was only 7 years old and had a one track mind of "video games equals fun!").
Learning to code can be challenging but I also believe your mindset--as you're learning--also plays a huge role in the ease of learning. If you go into learning how to code with your motivation being the amount of money you can potentially earn, you'll quickly come to hate it. If you go into it with the excitement of knowing that you can help others find the information they're looking for, using the means that you--yourself--have built and created, you'll find that it's incredibly enjoyable to learn.
Great article!
Exactly
Mindset Play's an important role in learning.