The Art Of Learning For Software Developers

"I'm trying to go down a bottomless pit. I'll never make it till the end." That's what I thought when I tried to create my own video game. I was young, beautiful, and I was struggling to use for loops and arrays at the same time. There was so much to learn! Fortunately, I found the strength to continue. More and more, the concepts behind programming began to make sense. Going through a book about C and trying to create my own adventure on MS-DOS was a crazy Indiana Jone's-like discovery I'll never forget. My first video game wasn't great, but it was mine. Yet, what I remember today, with a tear in my left eye, is not the result, but the learning process itself. It was these "Aha!" moments which brought me the most joy! That's why I tried, through the years, to make my learning gradually more effective and efficient.