Hi, I too went into Java EE, and started thinking I hated programming. Luckily for me the IT crash of 2001 happened and I was out of a job. After a while I

Hi, I too went into Java EE, and started thinking I hated programming. Luckily for me the IT crash of 2001 happened and I was out of a job. After a while I did data entry and automated that ... which I enjoyed. It turned out that it was Java EE I hated (and the horrible codebase we used). Since then I switched to Python and it reminded me that programming can be fun. Sure, there are a lot of web apps that aren't the most exciting, but I'm always moving forward and learning new things. Try some other languages and see if you like them - when I started with Python, I learned by building a simple breakout game with pygame. In every job it helps to find an element you can enjoy ... for me I am never touching J2EE again, it was just so horrible. Also - you NEED to work in teams with other people, hopefully there will be someone smart in the team you can get to mentor you + there will be good code you can learn from. S