>>If I came across this problem in my "Foundations of Programming" course equivalent when I first started to learn how to code, well I'd probably be enjoying my

>>If I came across this problem in my "Foundations of Programming" course equivalent when I first started to learn how to code, well I'd probably be enjoying my life as a woodworker right about now. This. Many times. When I first started learning programming. I picked up 'Learn C in 21 days' By Peter G. Aitken- Most other friends at college picked up more technically intense books. I agree I took a good 2 months to get through the book. But I was the only one who travelled 2 months with the subject. By the end of the 2 months I had written several programs, gained a lot of confidence that I can code. Many people quit a lot early with their books. These days when I want to learn to some thing new. I use the same approach. I pick the dumbest possible books and solve the dumbest possible problems. And then when Im months deep in with the subject, I move towards enlightenment.