To Senior Devs and Coders,
Is it normal to have these fears as a beginner in coding?
When I see other gigantic codes on social media, I think that will be able reach to this point. It seems so impossible or difficult.
What if it gets hard in the middle and I quit.
I hear out a lot that c++ is difficult for beginners/ it should not be the first language learned. And so this adds more to the context.
I have no choice actually!! The university is teaching C++ . However, I am having fun coding with the few (loops, switch and if else) concepts. At least for now.
Did you think and feel the same? thanks for the read.

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A beginner coder expresses fears about learning C++, feeling overwhelmed by large codebases seen on social media, and concerns about quitting if coding becomes too difficult. The post seeks reassurance from senior developers and coders, while also mentioning enjoyment of basic coding concepts like loops, switch statements, and if-else conditions.

A Beginners Fears

Don’t be scared to learn c++ as your first language, you are going to be just fine

Yes I totally agree with you, as advice, I recommend you to learn C in first place to get familiar with memory management, and get acknowledged on how this language work and manipulate the memory and then you can dive in C++ which you wont find difficult even it has different syntax (a little bit than C) and the explore the new feature that C++ allows to you.
I had the same struggle with C++ but as all experts agree on, the key is PRACTICE PRACTICE and when you feel tired, get some rest and then PRACTICE
Happy Coding :)

Yes, C++ is a very hard language, but I still believe it is suitable as a first language. You just have to take it slow. Learn basics, build things and expand on that. The most important thing is to keep going and keep learning. Create a small project and improve it. Everytime you write something, you get better.

I believe that everyone has a goal and a dream, and everything that we do should be to get us to that goal. I love robots, self-driving cars, computers, and the innermost part of it, so I chose to learn C++ because it will enable me to achieve that goal of being able to work with embedded systems, build self-driving cars etc. So whether it gets hard in the middle, it doesn’t matter to me; I must achieve my goal.

Over 10 years of experience and writing C/C++ still scares me.
But there are so many awesome tools and resources to help learn, write, and maintain code that it is just a matter of diligence and time until you become really good at it.