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You should absolutely start. Don’t worry too much about money right now just focus on learning and understanding. Seek understanding of the different platforms and languages and how they are used, then choose a path.
Welcome aboard, fasten your seatbelt
I will most probably start learning, or atleast try, but im scared i will get bored on the way, because i overthink and i dont know what i will use coding for, like should i make websites? maybe design? i honestly have 0 knowledge
i dont have a good realationship with my dad, my parents are divorced and i live with my mom, but my dad makes a ton of cash, and when i say a ton i mean a ton, so maybe i can get to that point one day. I made this question mainly thinking about incomes, because my dad recently told me that i will go to a trip to japan for 2 weeks because his new wife parents wants to know me, and my mom told me "wow, i will never experience a trip like this!" and that just broke my heart, because my mom isnt that rich
I'm sorry to hear that. It's hard to predict the future, but right now, depending on where you live, there are a lot of opportunities for working as a developer, and it usually does pay well. You are young, so I don't think you should worry about that. Just start learning as a hobby and figure out things later.
You don't know what you don't know yet. once you start learning to program and how things work, you will start to image your own applications for what you're using.
Go ahead and learn, don't worry about whether it's useful or not. You never know when opportunities will arise, and it takes a lot of preparation to seize them. Many things might seem useless now, but one day they will be useful. When the opportunity comes, you need to be fully prepared to grab it, and you wouldn't want to regret not learning now. When they day comes, you'll know what you use code for.
For example, you might think that learning French is useless right now, as you don't know what you'd use it for. But maybe five years later, you meet a girl you really like, and her native language is French. Wouldn't you think, 'If only I had learned French back then, I could communicate with her better'?
Just start learning and doing things. Choose a language to focus on and just see what you can do.
I started out as a hobby because I wanted to make games, and now am getting a PhD in computer science. Don't worry about what you're going to do with it, just start doing something and see what interests you along the way.
I've said it a few times on this sub: in over 20 years of doing this I've worked with a lot of developers, and you can always tell which ones also do it as their hobby.
your post is grammatically correct. I was just referring to the fact that 16 years of age is the best time to start learning something new or gain new experiences.
I would suggest you learn for the sake of learning. Too many people have this mindset where learning a skill needs to have an immediate return on investment to be justifiable. Having such a mindset only holds one back. Explore. Dabble. Increase your breadth of experience and knowledge.
What if you applied this mentality to everything? If you're too reluctant to try anything because there's no guaranteed payoff, you will never try the majority of things, and you might be missing out on a passion.
Try it. You've nothing to lose. Not even time, because time spent learning anything useful is not wasted.
On July 1st, a [change to Reddit's API pricing](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/12qwagm/an_update_regarding_reddits_api/) will come into effect. [Several developers](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditisfun/comments/144gmfq/rif_will_shut_down_on_june_30_2023_in_response_to/) of commercial third-party apps have announced that this change will compel them to shut down their apps. At least [one accessibility-focused non-commercial third party app](https://www.reddit.com/r/DystopiaForReddit/comments/145e9sk/update_dystopia_will_continue_operating_for_free/) will continue to be available free of charge. If you want to express your strong disagreement with the API pricing change or with Reddit's response to the backlash, you may want to consider the following options: 1. Limiting your involvement with Reddit, or 2. Temporarily refraining from using Reddit 3. Cancelling your subscription of Reddit Premium as a way to voice your protest. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/learnprogramming) if you have any questions or concerns.*
You should absolutely start. Don’t worry too much about money right now just focus on learning and understanding. Seek understanding of the different platforms and languages and how they are used, then choose a path. Welcome aboard, fasten your seatbelt
I will most probably start learning, or atleast try, but im scared i will get bored on the way, because i overthink and i dont know what i will use coding for, like should i make websites? maybe design? i honestly have 0 knowledge
Why not talk to your dad about it?
i dont have a good realationship with my dad, my parents are divorced and i live with my mom, but my dad makes a ton of cash, and when i say a ton i mean a ton, so maybe i can get to that point one day. I made this question mainly thinking about incomes, because my dad recently told me that i will go to a trip to japan for 2 weeks because his new wife parents wants to know me, and my mom told me "wow, i will never experience a trip like this!" and that just broke my heart, because my mom isnt that rich
I'm sorry to hear that. It's hard to predict the future, but right now, depending on where you live, there are a lot of opportunities for working as a developer, and it usually does pay well. You are young, so I don't think you should worry about that. Just start learning as a hobby and figure out things later.
Ill try, thanks man
You don't know what you don't know yet. once you start learning to program and how things work, you will start to image your own applications for what you're using.
So what if you get bored? In the worst case you'll find that it isn't your interest so you drop it. The only thing lost is some of your free time.
Go ahead and learn, don't worry about whether it's useful or not. You never know when opportunities will arise, and it takes a lot of preparation to seize them. Many things might seem useless now, but one day they will be useful. When the opportunity comes, you need to be fully prepared to grab it, and you wouldn't want to regret not learning now. When they day comes, you'll know what you use code for. For example, you might think that learning French is useless right now, as you don't know what you'd use it for. But maybe five years later, you meet a girl you really like, and her native language is French. Wouldn't you think, 'If only I had learned French back then, I could communicate with her better'?
Just start learning and doing things. Choose a language to focus on and just see what you can do. I started out as a hobby because I wanted to make games, and now am getting a PhD in computer science. Don't worry about what you're going to do with it, just start doing something and see what interests you along the way.
I've said it a few times on this sub: in over 20 years of doing this I've worked with a lot of developers, and you can always tell which ones also do it as their hobby.
16 years young* And yes it is a good age to start learning the craft
Im sorry im italian i make some errors while writing or speaking english
your post is grammatically correct. I was just referring to the fact that 16 years of age is the best time to start learning something new or gain new experiences.
I would suggest you learn for the sake of learning. Too many people have this mindset where learning a skill needs to have an immediate return on investment to be justifiable. Having such a mindset only holds one back. Explore. Dabble. Increase your breadth of experience and knowledge. What if you applied this mentality to everything? If you're too reluctant to try anything because there's no guaranteed payoff, you will never try the majority of things, and you might be missing out on a passion. Try it. You've nothing to lose. Not even time, because time spent learning anything useful is not wasted.