If you don't have a passion there's no point. Programming is a really hard slog if you don't have that drive pushing you forward.
I walked away from computers all together back in 1984. 10 years later I was doing construction and it hit me. I haven't looked back since.
You need to find something that you want to do, figure out the technology that is best to do it, and get at it. The books out there these days are amazing, and thanks to Google, YouTube and iTunes U there are thousands of people out there willing to help you for free.
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If you don't have a passion there's no point. Programming is a really hard slog if you don't have that drive pushing you forward.
I walked away from computers all together back in 1984. 10 years later I was doing construction and it hit me. I haven't looked back since.
You need to find something that you want to do, figure out the technology that is best to do it, and get at it. The books out there these days are amazing, and thanks to Google, YouTube and iTunes U there are thousands of people out there willing to help you for free.