- Read books about programming languages
- Read blogs (/subreddits/forums/mailing lists) about programming
- Be inspired by the big picture constantly
- Even while working on the little shit
- Don't get distracted
- Write one-off programs
- Read more books about programming languages
- Read more blogs about projects that you are interested in
- Don't get distracted
- Read other peoples' programs
- LOTS of other peoples' programs
- Write more programs
- Don't get distracted
- Think about programming in your spare time
- Theorize how a bigger program might work
- Write said program
- Fix all the bugs in said program
- Don't give up
- Don't fucking get distracted
I swear, I would be a hell of a lot further along if I could stop playing the same games that are inspiring me to learn this stuff. I feel the same way about this as I have about every musical instrument I have ever tried to learn -- yeah, I know where the keys are and what they do, but not really well enough to put together anything that sounds decent. Damn practice, why u b so hard??
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