I've just decided to study something new again at the "tender" age of 43. However, I'm finding it difficult to concentrate on studying and reading for longer than 5 minutes at a time! I'm notoriously bad at concentrating on one thing for a long period of time anyway, so I'm finding it near impossible to sit down and read books on a "new" (for me anyway!) programming language for longer than 5 minutes!
I think I'm like the typical teenager in that regard...Don't give me the theory, let me learn how to do it by trial and error. The only problem I have with this is the fact that I need the theory before I can do the trial and error bit!! :-)
I studied computer programming as a "youngster" and have a Diploma, but haven't actually been in programming (or IT for that matter!) for a number of years. I work in the Quality environment for a living and haven't had to program anything since about 1995 when I used a language called "Clipper" to develop a small system using a database.
I am currently trying to find a little more time to learn PHP, as this is what is used to develop one of the products we intend selling to our Customers. Obviously this is all in the name of Customer Service and further development, but I must say I'm finding it hard to concentrate on the reading that I have to do. The problem I have is that there are constantly things happening that are more interesting than reading the books on PHP!
Anyway...Just thought I'd share this with whoever is interested. Maybe someone out there has a little advice on how to deal with this and make learning PHP more fun so that people like myself can get through it without allowing distractions to get in the way!
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