SpinBowNonOfficial 2017-09-01 20:10:31

I feel you

Gimmick 2017-09-15 10:57:00

The transition's pretty rough, but it'll get better once you "find your place". Also, what is it about coding that you dislike? What does your coding class cover?

Gimmick 2017-09-17 02:24:43

You'll eventually get it. I "started" coding when I was 10 but all I was really doing was just copying code with neither rhyme nor reason; it took me until 12 or 13 until it all "clicked" one fine day, when I was going through a book.

Don't sweat it. Accept it as it comes, and -- if you have a good teacher -- you'll get to know it sometime. If you don't..well, there are always good books on programming. Actually, on second thought, it's not about programming in itself, it's more about how to think in terms of algorithms. The programming part is mostly memorizing a bunch of syntax and rules; it's 75% thinking and 25% code, I'd say.

If it stresses you out, then try and focus _what_ it is about coding that stresses you out. Is it a sort of boogeyman, which the mere mention of makes you shrink away in disgust? Or is it the concept of having to deal with the problem structuring and solving aspect? Or is it the syntax? All of these are different problems on their own, and have different solutions.

And finally, coding's not for everyone (re: A bunch of people I know in my class who cant code for shit.) It's OK to not like coding; if you still don't like it during the course, then by all means just pass the course by hook or by crook. I'm just trying to address the prejudice behind it. Go with an open mind, if you can; you may end up liking it. I know I did, after (a few) years of not.