I’ve been trying to learn programming (but not in a very disciplined / systematic fashion). Would you recommend the Odin Project? (Everyday Utilitarian recommended it, IIRC, but I was turned off by the cross-linking to different places.)
How goes your self-hacking? I’ve played around w/ it for math, and the results were pretty good (If we’re talking about the generally same thing, that is.)
The self-hacking is going pretty well, considering that I started out absolutely hating programming. A problem that arises is that I don’t currently like it enough for it to be self-motivating just through personal enjoyment. I actually got a lot more accomplished when the motivation was “Do the thing that I hate (and learn to like it/ change my self-identity of hating it) so that I can get a better job (...Eventually. I like my current job, so no rush).” Now I like it well enough that the motivation is “Do that thing you like because you like it”, but there’s usually something else to do that I like better.
I’ve also done self-hacking for math and mathy subjects, but it was before I would have known of the term. It worked rather well!
Odin Project is more of a slog, but it seems like it will get you where you need to go. I had a lot more FUN on sites like Codewars, which was more useful for the self-hacking part.
Hm, thanks for your thoughts on the matter. I’ve noticed too, that once I get a thing to be “not too terrible”, then it feels less like I have to work on it. But then I’ll just prioritize other things over it.
I’ve been:
1) Self-hacking into liking programming
2)Learning programming (primarily using Odin Project)
I’ve been trying to learn programming (but not in a very disciplined / systematic fashion). Would you recommend the Odin Project? (Everyday Utilitarian recommended it, IIRC, but I was turned off by the cross-linking to different places.)
How goes your self-hacking? I’ve played around w/ it for math, and the results were pretty good (If we’re talking about the generally same thing, that is.)
The self-hacking is going pretty well, considering that I started out absolutely hating programming. A problem that arises is that I don’t currently like it enough for it to be self-motivating just through personal enjoyment. I actually got a lot more accomplished when the motivation was “Do the thing that I hate (and learn to like it/ change my self-identity of hating it) so that I can get a better job (...Eventually. I like my current job, so no rush).” Now I like it well enough that the motivation is “Do that thing you like because you like it”, but there’s usually something else to do that I like better.
I’ve also done self-hacking for math and mathy subjects, but it was before I would have known of the term. It worked rather well!
Odin Project is more of a slog, but it seems like it will get you where you need to go. I had a lot more FUN on sites like Codewars, which was more useful for the self-hacking part.
Hm, thanks for your thoughts on the matter. I’ve noticed too, that once I get a thing to be “not too terrible”, then it feels less like I have to work on it. But then I’ll just prioritize other things over it.