In today’s world when most people have started to learn programming just by seeing their surrounding people doing, it has become a very important question that Is coding really for you? Have you started coding just because everyone is doing it? Is it because someone has said you to do it? Or You are doing it because people are getting high packages job?
Believe me you won’t doubt from now by just reading these simple points. It won’t take much time.
Let’s see few factors before going to direct conclusion:
1) Have you wonder: Is coding really for you?
Before deciding you should do coding or not firstly you should really know what coding really is. Coding is not as hard as you think. It is just a computer language that helps you to communicate with computers. Computers do things in seconds on your instructions that you would complete in hours. Now learning anything takes time especially when you know nothing about it.
So, you really should give it a try. Coding has never been easier to learn for beginners but once you have decided to learn it consistently, you start getting better at it which leads to enjoyment in coding.
“Don’t do just because everyone is saying, do because you are enjoying & learning it”
2) Patience and Perseverance in programming
Generally, beginner gets frustrated when start coding. They think coding is not for them and they often give up!!
Reason for giving up is being very simple:
1) They think it’s taking a lot of time to learn and build logical thinking.
2) People get stuck sometimes ends up thinking they has wasted their entire time. But what they really don’t know is that new problem means new things to learn.
3) Difficulty: Beginners don’t get coding at first time. And this is common with every coder, but one with patience and perseverance will outstand and will leave others behind, not because he/she was good at it, just because he/she didn’t give up!!
See when you do anything in life, you will have to give your time. And when the topic is coding, which really has the potential to give you a massive success in your life, you really have to give it time.
3) Job Market and Career Goals
Coding has vast career goals from software development, AI, ML to Data science etc. You analyze which job market of suits you and then decide your career goals. If you really want to work in tech and want to give your contribution to digital work, then you’re welcome in it. You can really excel in it if you enjoy the process not the destination.
4) Love for Learning and enjoyment for contibuting
Coding is logical and if you enjoy learning it, then it gives you double reward. Learn it in step by step by setting daily goals. If you genuinely, do it this way and start solving problems related to coding then I bet you’ll start enjoying coding.
So, from now whenever you stuck at any coding problem, don’t think you are wasting your time instead think like you are learning new things. If you really change your mindset like this, you’ll really achieve high success in coding field.
Conclusion:
If you really want to contribute to digital world, enjoy problem-solving, love to learn new things and have patience then you really should start coding. However, if you don’t like coding even after trying then that’s okay too, there are several career opportunities you can explore. Remember: coding is not must, but it is one of the best things.