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Discussion on: I think there is too much to learn in programming

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Nico Zerpa (he/him)

Hi! I have bad and good news (but the good news outweigh the bad news.)

On the one hand, you're right. There's lots and lots of things to learn. I've started learning my first language (JavaScript) when I was 13, as a hobby. Now, I'm 31 and I'm still learning about the language.

On the other hand, you don't need to know everything to be a good programmer. I became a professional dev at 18 years old. At that time, I knew far less about JavaScript and other languages than I know now, but that didn't prevent me from get jobs and build amazing things in my career.

Think of programming languages as tools. The more tools you have, the more things you can do. But you already can do many things with the tools you already have.

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Shaquil Maria

Think of programming languages as tools. The more tools you have, the more things you can do.

Exactly. You use the tools to build something, but YOU are the one building it. It's more about building your critical thinking and your resilience to figure things out, than about learning something specific.