I've always loved robotics so I focused on learning that. I've worked on destkop applications, on drones, and now on exoskeletons! Web dev looks scary to me but there is a lot of potential there.
Location
France
Education
Master of Engineering
Work
Critical Embedded Software engineer at Wandercraft
I would say pick a project that you really really want to do, don't do a project just for the sake of doing a side project. If you are having a hard time to motivate try to put a deadline, like I should release the V1 of the app in one month, or mini milestones like "this feature should be done by sunday".
Personnaly for me it's often hard to start but once I've started working I'm in the flow and I keep going. So I set small objectives, small changes that I want to implement so I can say to myself "I'll just do this small step and then I can stop if I want.
So I agree with properly cutting your features in small manageable tasks and tracking them helps a lot.
I would say pick a project that you really really want to do, don't do a project just for the sake of doing a side project. If you are having a hard time to motivate try to put a deadline, like I should release the V1 of the app in one month, or mini milestones like "this feature should be done by sunday".
Personnaly for me it's often hard to start but once I've started working I'm in the flow and I keep going. So I set small objectives, small changes that I want to implement so I can say to myself "I'll just do this small step and then I can stop if I want.
So I agree with properly cutting your features in small manageable tasks and tracking them helps a lot.
Like Derek Sivers said, "If you're not saying 'HELL YEAH' about something, say 'No''"