It’s hard to consider everyone’s feelings without losing sight of your own. I’ve been doing lot’s of self-searching and realizing that the only person who can really achieve my goals, is me. Daily, i’m worried about money and friends and girls and my social life, and upon realizing how bad I want that stuff, I realized that without doing something with myself I wont have any of those things. I’ve slowly begin to set goals for myself and finally I have a path, that I want to pursue something that is realistic for me in the real word but will still give me a chance to pursue one of my billions of dream jobs.
This blog post will be short, but i just wanted to rant or vent. or whatever.
I doubt i’ll be the first 21 year old to admit that “I didn’t go to college.” and it sucks, or so it seems. I’ve got friends graduating now from college who are doing really well for themselves at so young and it feels almost unfair, but I know that’s not because they went to school. I’ve been on a recent kick, on getting back in. I’m going up to the community college in the area and just seeing about getting my foot back in the door. I’m just worried that it wont be worth it in the end, and that this is something I can teach myself without having to bother learning all these maths and englishes. I’ve been teaching myself javascript over the last few days, and I tell myself like. “I wish i had homework so I could really prove that I am learning this stuff, and I realized that maybe school is a good idea, as it will require me to learn, and prove that I learned and that is something that kind of motivates me.
I mean, homework sucks, but doing something cool for a living doesn’t really suck that much.
I think I’m at a point where i’m starting to understand the very basics of programming, or what would be considered common knowledge. I can actually listen to conversations about programming and register it in my brain as oh, that means that.
Anyways here’s a gif I made of a really easy code test from when I was learning python.
And of course, here’s what I’m listening to tonight.
I don’t throw an upside down peace sign very often, so you know this ones good.
Obligatory Introduction:
My name is Damon, and I’m a wanna be programmer. I’ve juggled around a lot of things that I’ve wanted to do with myself through my head over and over. A lot of my “dream jobs” fall short, because really. I don’t care that much about them. I love writing, and I love art, and I love video games. I’ve put a lot of thought into the idea of being video game developer, and I think that’s where I belong. This blog I have started will be a journal and and update site for my progress through this portion of my life, and I am willing to share it with anyone who is interested.
So, I started teaching myself python a coupe of days ago, it’s been fun. I’m taking way to many notes and i’m trying to wrap my brain around everything. From what I’ve read, and seen. Python is a really easy starting programming language. Which is what drew me to it. However, after doing some more research I think the best place for me to start might be JavaScript, but really I’m still not sure. I would eventually love to program in C++ and I’m just kind of trying to figure out where the best place to start is. I’ve heard that JavaScript was a good place, because it has the “C-Syntax style.” but really I’m sure it’s almost universal either way.
From the general consensus of the public the best way to start programming is to pick whatever language, and then start there. It’s all about preference I suppose.
Anyways, I don’t want to bog everyone down with a lot of stupid text. So here’s some ducks I photo-shopped together and some good websites if you’re interested in starting programming.
PorkGhost: Useless updates about self taught programming. 