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Is programming right for me?

Name: Anonymous Undergrad 2010-08-21 19:05

So /prog/riders, I have a question for you. I am relatively inexperienced with programming, having only learned some Ruby (I know you guys dislike it, but it was rather easy to pick up), and only made simple programs like text-based games and 1 2D isometric RPG (though I never finished it due to laziness). It was really unoptimized and sloppily coded, with a million conditional branches everywhere and so many goto statements.

However, the whole time, although it was fun seeing the (mediocre) fruits of my labor, it did seem rather boring and sometimes stressed me out. Keep in mind I was only messing around with Ruby for fun, not in a class or something. Would taking some programming classes be any different?

Name: Anonymous 2010-08-21 19:19

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I don't think it's the language I'm using, I think it's my ineptitude and lack of experience which makes it irritating. I wouldn't have to debug and Google search for solutions so much if I really knew what I was doing.

I think once I reach a state where I am very familiar with a language, any language, really, I would enjoy it more.

So do you think it's worth taking a class to learn more?

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