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[–] 123_456 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I tried programming for a while, then I quit, and went into game development. The problem with programming is there aren't many affordable resources that teach you how to bring it all together; how to conceptualize the ideas into your head, and how to navigate all the different languages. Unfortunately, people who teach programming tend not to be very good teachers. They have too many expectations of beginners, and see things through their own limited perspective. Then again this could be a problem with any subject, I suppose, but I found it to be prevalent in programming.

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[–] gnosticmike [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I usually try to learn the basic concepts on my own but it does require some type of logic , basic math, or standard class on computers to actually understand loops, integers, and adders. And to understand compiling, that deserves more than one semester. Don't give up! I'm sure there are people here that would love to continue to encourage you at /v/programming.

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[–] Pawn ago  (edited ago)

I'm trying to learn Erlang, and it's very hard as I'm a total noob and every day I feel like I'm way in over my head. There is just SO MUCH. Then the learning resources are just books and websites, no fancy videos like for C++, and you gotta do all of it yourself. It's a vertical climb all the way up. I can't even do the most of the exercises in my book because the book was written for experienced programmers wanting to give erlang a whack, not noobs.

The reddit community is very small, but do provide some help. Not noob friendly at all.