How to learn programming and not feel like an absolute fool?

Question

IT education

In principle, I stated everything in the question.

Naturally, my knowledge is generally not structured and fragmentary. Therefore, the first (0) that I will ask you to suggest how to build your knowledge. This will be enough, I think. But if you have a lot of time to read what I wrote below ... then thanks for such generosity

1. Maybe some advice or a mini life story.

2. My progress is that I began to understand (not to know, but to understand / realize) how voids work. Then I remember that in my notes I have the item "at least lick the STL library."

3. I also had a question how to save the result of the program for further use (I chose a calculator as a whipping toy, I want to implement a solution using formulas, and there it’s clear that you need to use the solutions obtained from past actions. You can also come up with a lot of chips that can be screwed even to the console version).

4. How to use arrays?

5. How to read books (For example, the "gang of four" about Patterns) and not be stressed by the amount of information and some difficulty in perceiving it?

Answer 1

1. You take a language textbook for beginners, read, experiment with examples.
   
2. Having dealt with the basics, you take a textbook for the intermediate level, read, experiment with examples.
   
3. You take and read the standard library textbook, practice.
   
4. You read tutorials/documentation on application areas like networks, databases, and so on. Of course you practice.
   
5. You get ready for work.
   
6. Somewhere in two or three years, there is a need, and with it the ability to understand design patterns.
   
7. You read the textbook on patterns. Maybe something simpler than GoF to start with.
   

Answer 2

Every day you learn and learn new things, yesterday you knew less than today and so on, compare yourself now and yourself a month ago, the difference will be obvious. You have become much smarter. This should save you from thinking that you are a fool. Good luck with your learning!

Answer 3

Read "the way of the fool". It's not about programming, but maybe it will help you not feel like a fool, or feel stupid in an uncomfortable situation.

Answer 4

Feeling like a fool when learning something is normal. The more a person knows, the better he understands the insignificance of his level of knowledge. And only real fools never feel like fools. they just can't understand that they are fools. Google the Dunning-Kruger effect somehow))