https://jerickson.net/categories/motivation/Recent content in Motivation on JErickson.netHugo -- gohugo.ioenjoe@jerickson.net (Joe Erickson)joe@jerickson.net (Joe Erickson)© 2026 Joe EricksonSun, 10 Jan 2021 14:58:53 -0500https://jerickson.net/learning-programming-is-all-about-learning-concepts/Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:44:50 -0500joe@jerickson.net (Joe Erickson)https://jerickson.net/learning-programming-is-all-about-learning-concepts/<p>One of the main pieces of advice that people give in learning programming is that you should pick a language and learn it. Just pick the language that you <em>think</em> you&rsquo;ll most want to do, get a couple of classes or tutorials on it, and learn programming!</p>https://jerickson.net/simple-plan-junior-to-mid-level-developer/Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:44:50 -0500joe@jerickson.net (Joe Erickson)https://jerickson.net/simple-plan-junior-to-mid-level-developer/<p>Have you ever worked on a coding problem and have to constantly stop to look up syntax? You&rsquo;re almost at the solution to a problem and you know exactly what you need to do, you just don&rsquo;t know exactly how to do it?</p>