as someone who's not a software developer, but has tried multiple times to get into programming over the years... all i can say is something really simple: *y

as someone who's not a software developer, but has tried multiple times to get into programming over the years... all i can say is something really simple: *you need to try, and try again, and practise...regularly. Down time at work- has had me start on Harvards CS50x and CS50p. I switched between them as i thought starting with Python would be a bit gentler. Which then led me to supplement both of these with Python Crash Course (the book) - which has been just so awesome. I went from "ok, cool...hello world, whatever"...and "fucks sake, how do devs look at code Tand not get migraines"...to actually writing more than 5 lines of code, reading stuff on stack exchange and sort of following along. I dont have a particular knack for any of this -i'd argue the amount of times i've tried and failed miserably at it should be enough to make me stop permanently. But honestly - just doing it - every day, typing out every example of code in every example you read, running it over and over and over again...i'll be fucking damned if i wasnt leaps and bounds better than i was two months ago. I distinctly remember thinking - "is programming really just always going to stack overflow and looking up the answers"....to actually at least stopping, and thinking HARD about wtf I am trying to do...slowing my mind down, and walking through words slowly... So yeah -i'll say - for sure - I'm average as hell, and just trying every damn day has made a huge difference for me....and i've yet to scratch the surface! But comparing me with 2 months ago me, i couldnt be happier.