Losing direction in your coding journey, burning out and rekindling your passion for learning 🔥

[@KwadwoFirempongBoakye]

Last year, I found my programming spark. I started the Odin Project and Free Code Camp and was studying JavaScript 12 hours a day . I was making awesome progress and was so motivated to work as hard as I could so I could get a good job and take care of my mother. This year my mother passed away from cancer. It really knocked me down and I've struggled to look at code since. She was my reason and my purpose and I'm not so sure what to do now. I open up VS code and have so much anxiety that I feel like vomiting. I'm not sure what to do next. Thank you for sharing your experience. I've picked up a few things that could help guide me back to code.

[@PassiveLearner]

My condolences to you, stay strong and take a breather away from code for awhile, I had my codes in front of me and I felt helpless not able to perform a single task due to past memories. I'm trying to get into cybersecurity which my brother recently introduced me to for my mid career change, (he is a full stack developer), I was so pressured that I had a thought where I was a failure at all things (flashbacks from my recent breakup). Take a break, speak with your siblings or friends don't cope with it up within yourself, workout, enjoy the parks and free the mind for now, take a step at a time.

[@Seekingtruth-mx3ur]

My condolences. Like the commenter above said take a break. Coding aint everything but your mental health is.

[@vargusdread9519]

Wishing the best for you bro

[@fastdeliveryl708]

my mom just passed this yr ... i know what you feel. i stop working out , my anxiety its going up, having more often awfal thoughts, if before i was feeling bad , now even worst. i dont talk about it tho . just a few ppl

[@piedepew]

Stay strong brother , just don't give up on it

[@SpragginsDesigns]

I went to prison for a year. Didn't even do it. Vehicular Manslaughter. Fought it for four years and ended up taking the plea deal, long story. Recently paroled, as a graduate of college having my associates degree in Web development , now I am getting into Fresno State to pursue my computer science bachelor's degree. I am learning Python and other programming languages as well as cyber security. I already am well versed in it but I believe the jobs are much better and abundant for that tech sector. Plus in prison I got into amazing shape. So I feel much better and I have been sober for over a year now. That is also some of the reason I was able to return to coding and am enjoying it a lot.

[@natescode]

Let's GOOO ! Keep it up. You've overcome more than most.

[@wasabiii_]

Man.

[@wasabiii_]

Have you by chance consider getting a CS degree via WGU? I heard you can get a CS degree much faster that way (and therefore cheaper).

[@SpragginsDesigns]

@@wasabiii_ I will look into it. Thank you. I didn't know there was another option.

[@wasabiii_]

@@SpragginsDesigns I haven't personally tried it myself (nor do I really plan to as the tech sector is looking a little shaky atm). However I have seen good things online about it. Why waste 4 years and 50k when there's a potentially much shorter option imo. Also, man. I really can't say "Oh Ik exactly how you feel" (cuz I haven't been to prison or been framed that badly before). But seeing another fellow also go through the flame and become stronger through it is always an encouragement.

[@ryhein]

Been programming for over 20 years. I'm 33 years old. I started very young making money in this. I don't feel burn out in the journey, I feel burn out from workload. Software has been a passion of mine and I actually began doing it without expectations of making money. If you're doing this to make money, you'll never be happy with it. Only thing that makes me happy is spending time with my wife and Kids. Using the money to eat out, heavily invest, and vacation. Loved the video man!

[@ryan-el9er]

this is my thoughts on it. i’m 34 and started when i was 15 and it was always because i loved doing it. other kids went out and parties during school years and i went home and wrote code until 5am… lol. i only started doing this professionally 2 years ago.

[@Pyrate_Of_Las_Vegas]

I kind of let my "Coding Journey" fall to the weigh side this year. It's tough to stay motived when you are doing it all by yourself. The job market for 60 year old Entry Level Developers isnt really there. I need to get back to it this year and push through and stay positive that something will eventually happen for me.

[@kwamekute4026]

Look at it this way, there are people with unstable electricity and internet who are doing this because their futures depend on it. I feel like how bad you want it determines how hard you go honestly

[@JD-vj4go]

@@kwamekute4026 It doesn't matter how hard you go if you're older. Age discrimination is pretty brutal in most businesses and it's worse in tech. The truth is jobs in tech are very limited now because of automation and offshoring. The programming influencers have very little industry experience and are mostly UX designers who got hired during a tech boom. Their advice is mostly BS.

[@SkyrimBeast]

One thing I've always said is this. If one doesn't take care of themself first, they can't take care of anything else.

[@yekyaw9]

I appreciate you openness, honesty and ingenuity.

[@travis8106]

I needed this so much

[@bithon5242]

You remind me of an actor I used to watch quite often when I was younger

[@jansleyreal]

My brother, hear this please. you have almost 250k subs. People like and respect you, including me. You have knowledge. Create a course, or paid community! You deserve to be able to leave your 9-5 if that’s what you want to do. I know there is a stigma about online courses, but anyone who complains about you selling a course, isn’t someone you would want a part of it anyway. From one quality course and your huge following, you would likely rake it in, and in what I would consider to be an ethical way. I’m so inspired by you my man, keep it up!

[@JD-vj4go]

We don't need anymore udemy courses from junior devs lol

[@UnixGuy]

Well done mate. Learning new things keep me younger and more hopeful

[@younessessousy5109]

Thank you so much Mr. Dorian. Your videos are a lot of help. Seriously, keep at it.

[@code_questing]

It makes sense that you're coming back to it. Having watched your channel for a while I was surprised when you took time away. Obviously you had reasons at the time but I could tell you enjoyed coding a lot too. I'm having health struggles which meant I had to leave the coding job of my dreams. Fortunately I landed a new job which is similar but remote, and I'm starting to feel better.

[@kevindotexe]

Needed this at this exact moment. Thank you Dorian 🙂

[@MinisterRedPill]

Same deal here. I quit IT for a couple of years due to burnout. Now I'm back in the saddle again and feeling the passion come back!

[@senjuchidori9448]

I personally had anxiety and burnout, I want to invest more on physical activity since I am turning 40 6 yrs from now LOL - mental health affects Physical Health, programing and swimming and traveling camping will set you free from all this ....

[@erice.3892]

i’m glad i found your channel

[@VikingThorM]

Helo again sir, thank you a lot for you just sharing your honest thoughts with us here. It's been a good journey for me to follow your content while I've been living many things you mentioned in the last few years.

[@jonathankim1999]

I’m really glad you found your passion again ❤ Will you go back to development? Would love it if you did.

[@iamanish]

Been following your content since last year you are a punch to mouth of all the fake guru out there ...❤ from india

[@JennHayden]

My issue with coding is I dont feel like I am doing anything meaningful. Annoyed with making meaningless projects. I want to build something that matters.

[@supermarinespitfire1]

I love programming. The hard part for me as a career switcher is going from a life of in-person interaction to a job as a remote developer. If you are not careful you end up not talking to anyone for days. If you're like me, you need social interaction to stay sane.

[@equim7363]

Why have you switched then?

[@supermarinespitfire1]

@@equim7363 the benefits outweigh the cons. It's just a small life adjustment to make sure you are being social outside of work hours to keep the battery charged. The benefits of working remotely, the pay, the challenges, the enagement and enjoyment are all positive with respect to the actual work. The future salary upside is also vastly greater than my previous career. I was also sick of working in government with a bunch of half assed coasters.

[@Seedley]

Have you ever tried building a startup?

[@openroomxyz]

Yea thanks for creating this video. I am not sure I will write as much code as I did in the past, things kinda feel who would even care.

[@JonasNxth]

thanks for sharing your thoughts with us

[@aaronaustrie]

College very stressful for me rn. I'm about to do my final exams now and I'm very uneasy and anxious. I feel like I'm about to fail both my Math and CS class 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@halowaffles]

It's just too unreasonable nowadays. Nobody wants to pay a salary for any reason whatsoever, beginner jobs don't really exist anymore. We're back to either knowing somebody or getting incredibly lucky.

[@IronBear47]

I feel like we are the same person… only I am stuck and cant complete anything.

[@Tiger-kq5rm]

my man

[@GenZNetwork]

Appearance overshadows skill in the age of Flex culture

[@ronaldomaia]

Coding is really.good, working for a IT company it is other thing

[@jordanolson11]

I have this issue where I've fallen into a backend engineer position but I am not skilled enough to fulfill the role and use the help from our senior quite a bit, I feel like he just enjoys talking and working with me but I hate how little impact I have and how limited I am in my scope. I always thought I hated programming but I'm starting to like the challenge of "actually fulfilling the role", but I've been pretty disheartened because I don't deserve the opportunity, there are other developers out there, and I am a help vampire (something I learned about in stack overflow). I still don't know what I want to do or what I'm doing, and it's frustrating. It definitely is helping me redefine the parameters of my life but the struggle is real. I just wish I would organize my thoughts and prioritize things, I seem to want to learn 3 things at once, but I need to just learn 1 thing at a time, /shrug I also compare myself and tell myself I'll never be as good as X developer. I need to stop doing this.

[@natescode]

That is completely normal. It feeds your imposter syndrome. I still feel that 10+ years into my career when I jump on a new code base or technology and have to ask so many questions.

[@LinkinPark4694]

This is so damn relatable, so glad I came across this comment. Glad to know I’m not alone in feeling this way. Wish you the best of luck

[@sagarbari3437]

Sir I am Indian 🇮🇳 I didn't know much English language, i am Bcom complete and coding course (html and css great learning side ) course complete. Please help suggest me 😢 best career option , work from home. 😢😢😢😢

[@oleksandrkhivrych6349]

Do you still practice bjj?

[@jairoz5412]

Johnny Sins.

[@minime1137]

Second reason for people to come back to it is AI. AI is doing 90% of the work now 😂😂😂.

[@itzhexen0]

Use AI to destroy all programming jobs.

[@suryapratapsingh7858]

Make some depressing content bro . I subscribed you to see depressing videos .

[@isaacjon]

Have you ever tried to read quran just for educational purposes? There's very interesting stuff. I would love to hear from you about your thoughts on it. Because it's almost a new trend on tiktok

[@JohnTube2K]

This video didn’t age well unfortunately. You lasted 7-8 months after this. Now you are going to take a break to travel the world. IMO… it looks like you are looking for an exit path from IT. If you want to stay in IT there is a lot of careers you could advance into.