I'm a complete idiot, how do I learn to program or do anything

https://www.codecademy.com

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>>16896917
I also have the memory of a gold fish or a cat on acid.

>>16896930
It just sounds to me like you're not willing to put in the effort. If this is what you really want to do, you'll remember.

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>>16896944
HOW DO I JUST GET IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE JAPANESE

>>16896949
You dont just get it, you work hard for it. That's how it actually happens.

>>16896930
Then you're fucked. Accept it and move on. Becoming a truly good programmer takes a thorough understanding of algorithms, not just syntax. Btw coding is tedious and requires immense determination, so depending on your personality, it can be frustrating as hell.

I fucking hate it and am planning on returning to grad school for engineering because screw this.

>>16896880
It takes a lot of perseverance and a lot of time. Go and buy a book on C, lock yourself in a room with a six pack of mountain dew. Only leave the room to piss and shit. Stay until you have finished all the exercise and written a program of your own design using all the features taught in the book that is at least 500 lines of code.

If you can do this, you will be a decent programmer, as it shows your strength of character.

I've been programming every day since I was 11. It isn't hard. The only way to get better is practice.

Start with a simple project, then keep challenging yourself with bigger and more sophisticated projects.

I started by making a simple PERL script to start my bootleg movie downloads after my brother went to sleep so he wouldn't bully me for hogging his bandwidth while he played everquest. Then I made a blogger clone for my little emo-hacker vanity website. I kept challenging myself to think up projects I knew would force me to learn new things and writer better code.

Now I'm 26 and I make my living through algorithmic stock trading, using only my own software.

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>>16896986
I'm more of a student rather than an independent learner.
Please list more projects like that one guys.