>>32020927
I'm pretty new to it all myself but what I've found is that it's nearly impossible to give a shit about something unless you're doing it for a good reason. So for programming, find a reason to use your knowledge. Maybe you want to automate something you use a lot, or set up something for a friend or family member. Maybe it's just a guide you find fun and entertaining.

>>32021003
That's the thing, it doesn't feel like there are good reasons to program. It feels like a dead thing. All websites are congregated, what's the point of learning JS and web dev tech if personal sites and forums are dead? Facebook and flash games are dead too.

As far as automation even that I find it hard to think of anything that actually needs to be automated. It all just feels like pointless work.

i have written probably a million lines of code. i coded a lot more before. i would code all day at work. then code at home after work. i coded all the time. if you can’t get into it, that’s a you problem. i would try to make something that is easy but has value. like send a message to slack when something happens like you spend your credit card. or a program to organize your gay porn collection

>>32020927
>the point even is of programming
There isn't really one anymore, hasn't been for decades. I'm still at it at 57, but I've recently switched to an industry that is just now getting around to moving past Excel, and is unique enough that there's nothing on github that is relevant. So I'm safe from AI for now and probably the next few years. If i can make it to 62 I'll be fine.

>>32020927
Make AI chatbot cat girl

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>>32021574
>It all just feels like pointless work.
ok well do it anyway

you can't get interested in carpentry without making a shitty shelf that anyone with 10 years experience would laugh at. you can't get interested in photography without taking the basic bitch sunset golden hour pictures and stupid cat pictures

you're not special, you don't get to skip step one. step one is always (badly) recreating what a million people have done better before you, what teenagers are probably doing better. you only get interest by experiencing the tiny level ups from doing the 101 parts of the craft

>>32021686
I mean I have done small stuff like that. Making tik tak toe. Making my own website. Making a CRUD app. solving leetcodes. I do have a job as a developer and a comp sci degree. It's just I don't have any interest in doing that stuff when I don't especially enjoy it and it leads nowhere. Also I've heard the except opposite advice of people who only get into things by jumping headfirst into a huge project, like actors where they're first role straight off the street is a major picture

>>32020927
You need to learn the whole language before you can build something you will be proud of imo, I made something with only tkinter and it was fun but the actual program is pretty shit. You should have career goals if you want to program, so specialize in a specific langauge based on that and find a niche you want to do.

How did you land a job?

>>32021751
I spammed 800 applications, and finally got a job at a place that pays little but was willing to train me, I guess cause they use a more obscure langauge (pl sql) they were expecting to have to train someone

>>32022007
>pl sql
That's not obscure at all, Oracle is an extremely popular database. But congratulations on finding a job.

>>32020927
I dunno try, something different? I've revitalized my programming interest by using OpenGL and GLSL, programming Vulkan shaders in Rust, learning ASM, etc. Usually something completely new and challenging will motivate you again.