I'm 14 and have loved programming since I was 11. A few weeks ago, I finished Harvard's CS50P Introduction to Programming with Python. Before that, I made small projects like a number-guessing game, but now I'm unsure what to build next. I'd like to work on projects that are useful to me or other people instead of spending time on things that feel pointless. What would be a good direction or set of projects to try?
1 Answer
Don’t worry about whether a project matters to everyone else yet. Build things that are fun or useful to you—small games, strange tools, or scripts that automate repetitive tasks. Finishing several modest projects will teach you more than waiting for one perfect idea. You could clone a simple game you enjoy or automate something you do on your computer every day.
That makes sense. I think I’ve been putting too much pressure on myself to come up with something important instead of just making things and learning from them.