How to become more motivated to learn Python

[Clayton Kirkwood]

Find some thing that you really need done, but you've put off because you
didn't have the programming knowledge to do.
Program parts of some thing that you are really interested in doing. For
instance, at some point, I need to find duplicate copies of hardcopy photos
that I have. I'd love to write a program that sorts, compares, and marks as
duplicates. I think I would go about doing this similar to facial
recognition or eye recognition where I would look for 30 points on each
photo and compare them instead of scanning and comparing every bit.

crk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Python-list [mailto:python-list-
> bounces+crk=godblessthe.us at python.org] On Behalf Of Cai Gengyang
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 4:21 AM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: How to become more motivated to learn Python
> 
> So I have completed up to CodeAcademy's Python Unit 2 , now moving on to
> Unit3 : Conditionals and Control Flow.
> 
> But I feel my motivation wavering , at times I get stuck and frustrated
when
> trying to learn a new programming language ?
> 
> This might not be a technical question per say, but it is a Python
programming
> related one. How do you motivate a person (either yourself or your child)
to
> become more interested in programming and stick with it ? Is determination
> in learning (especially in a tough field like software) partly genetic ?
> 
> Related , This is a very well written essay on determination by Paul
Graham --
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> http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html
> 
> Gengyang
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