How to become more motivated to learn Python

[alex wright]

Beyond motivation, it's not likely just reading a flat text will be
retained meaningfully without creative problem solving.  Personal projects
are the best route in my opinion.  I like reading technical books but I
figure I retain a small percentage of the specifics.
On May 4, 2016 6:32 AM, "mviljamaa" <mviljamaa at kapsi.fi> wrote:

> I tend to not have the patience to go through programming tutorials,
> because I think they're boring. I sometimes use them as reference to see or
> recall how something is done, but I don't step through them in order to
> learn a language.
>
> Rather, I write programs to learn programming and languages. It's easier
> if you have some background in programming in some other language.
>
> I merely pick personal projects that interest me and then try to develop
> them to finish. I seek resources that help me do what I need to.
>
> I think it's easier to be motivated in actual projects that interest you,
> rather than programming assignments.
>
> -Matti
>
> Cai Gengyang kirjoitti 2016-05-03 14:20:
>
>> 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
>> ----------------------------------------
>> http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html
>>
>> Gengyang
>>
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