I really love computer science, coding and mostly all the amazing things you can do with this knowledge, i feel i finally landed in my world.
I’m doing a Javascript course now and while it is really engaging to learn about how a language like that works and how to build with it, i’m getting quite tired and frustrated…
Now, i’d say i am quite meticulous when studying and i use some studying techniques to really integrate what i’m learning, but that means that 1h or even less lesson can take me all the time i have to study in a day to be understood, noted down and then repeated over the following days…
There are a lot of quite complicated concepts to understand and memorize, and, as i’m also working, sometimes it gets quite tiring.
I feel like there’s this huge amount of never ending work and concepts before i can actually start do something cool with the knowledge i have, and i really want to start doing something cool.
I re-started to study after many years so i’d say it’s also because of that if i’m not really used to it and i can’t process much informations at the time.
How can you get better into gaining knowledge? how can you prevent getting fatigued?
I’m a teacher (I teach design) but I’m learning programming for my own fun at the moment. The advice I give to my students when it comes to study in general and more specifically when studying something that requires a lot of thinking, is to give yourself time away from the study. Like really give your brain time to process the stuff you’re learning.
For me, I have a plan to make small games. Not for an App Store, but more as a personal challenge to myself. I’m not a natural programmer at all, but I love it. Some relatively simple concepts will have me wanting to punch my monitor but I’ve learned to stop, go and cook something or play the drums and let my brain get away from the code.