"This year, my New Year’s Resolution is this: I am going (finally) to learn how to code. It’s been on my agenda since June 2009"
Hopefully this will be seen as constructive/motivational by the author... but why if you've wanted to learn something in 2009 have you not done it. And why wait even until new years... why don't you just start today? You can go to code academy or the other myriad of online resources for learning right now.
The reason why I say this is that "coding" is not something just learned and then moved on from. Its a lot like a language. Becoming proficient is a lifelong and typically never ending journey. Its great if you genuinely enjoy it - completely miserable if you don't. If its something you think you might truly enjoy - start now. If its not, be honest with yourself and focus on other things you like. I hope this is not seen as mean-hearted in that one of the skills its taken me a long time to get even semi-skilled at is identifying what it truly is that I want to spend time on and eliminating all the stuff I actually don't want to do even when I think I do.
Hopefully this will be seen as constructive/motivational by the author... but why if you've wanted to learn something in 2009 have you not done it. And why wait even until new years... why don't you just start today? You can go to code academy or the other myriad of online resources for learning right now.
The reason why I say this is that "coding" is not something just learned and then moved on from. Its a lot like a language. Becoming proficient is a lifelong and typically never ending journey. Its great if you genuinely enjoy it - completely miserable if you don't. If its something you think you might truly enjoy - start now. If its not, be honest with yourself and focus on other things you like. I hope this is not seen as mean-hearted in that one of the skills its taken me a long time to get even semi-skilled at is identifying what it truly is that I want to spend time on and eliminating all the stuff I actually don't want to do even when I think I do.