Ok so I'm 32... Well 33 tm and a younger me was an avid gamer. I wish I had been learning coding and how to program with all those hours I logged playing whatever game was most popular or new at the time. Only reason I brought that up is to say I don't know coding or how to program but I'm not grandpa when it comes to technology and what's happening in the world today in regards it. So I've been solely relying on chatgpt and other A.I. to come up with any code I need for whatever half ass project I am devoting myself to at the time. With my a.i. assistants ready to explain to me everything I didn't know how to do, maybe creating something I could actually use myself wouldn't be so hard. Right? Let me say this. I'm stubborn and it's my own worst enemy. I'll try to figure it out on my own before I go watch a tutorial and get to done first try smh. Through trial and error and more trial and error I've learned some things...some. A few months or so ago I had never even heard of things like github, or python, IDE's ect ect ect. But Im definitely going about this all wrong and I've been avoiding buckling down and actually taking the time to learn wtf I'm doing or what I'm supposed to be doing. It's really holding me back and limiting pretty much anything and everything I've been doing or wanting to get accomplished. So ig my question is what do I learn? What can I skip? Where do you people find enjoyment outta all this? I want to be able to create really useful or just fun programs and applications. I want to be able to say I could make that better or come up with something people would actually find useful. I pretty much want to make programing or a related field my career somehow. I'm starting college courses in the spring but unsure outta the courses offered what I should be getting into. I got huge fomo when it comes to A.I. and the drastically changing way of life happening around us and the world (that is what's happening right?) Regardless I'm ready and willing to start taking things seriously but how do I do it?