[HN Gopher] Ask HN: How to rediscover the joy of programming?
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       Ask HN: How to rediscover the joy of programming?
        
       I remember in my teens I used to love programming. After 20 years
       of a career, I don't enjoy it anymore.  Have you rediscovered the
       joy of programming? Any advice?
        
       Author : throwaway2951
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2020-04-13 22:03 UTC (57 minutes ago)
        
       | lonelappde wrote:
       | How about discovering the joy of the wide world outside
       | programming? Why lock yourself in the same box you've been in for
       | 20+ years?
        
       | currymj wrote:
       | there are a number of video games by ZachTronics in which you
       | program in assembly language for fictional computer architectures
       | in a sci-fi settings. "Shenzhen I/O" and "Exapunks" are both fun.
        
       | elviejo wrote:
       | Programming is 1,000 room hotel of which we live in only one.
       | 
       | I recommend you study different programming _paradigms_ because
       | in them we can find really interesting approaches to solve
       | problems.
       | 
       | For me those have been:
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       | - functional programming (with Haskell) - logic programming
       | (prolog) - Constraint Programming with the excellent Coursera
       | class on minizinc.
       | 
       | Those paradigms made programming fun again _for me_.
       | 
       | PS: I also stay away from JavaScript... When I was working with
       | JS.. I was seriously considering leaving programming...
       | Thankfully I changed jobs and I haven't had to touch it anymore.
        
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