Does anyone else get overwhelmed choosing what to learn next?

[EricFletcher]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been learning Python for a few weeks now, and while I enjoy it, I keep feeling overwhelmed with all the directions I could go—web development, data science, automation, etc. Every time I pick one, I start second-guessing and wondering if I should be doing something else.

Is this normal for beginners? How do you decide what path to focus on without feeling like you're missing out on something better?

Would love to hear how others handled this phase.

Thanks!

[DeaD_EyE]

Is this normal for beginners?

Yes

How do you decide what path to focus on without feeling like you're missing out on something better?

I write programs to make my life and work easier. For example, I'm working with PLC. The last contract included 64 Racks, where each rack must be tested (digital and analog inputs/outputs). So I took a second PLC to test the 64 Racks automated.


Try to solve your own problems in little tasks.

I started programming because I hosted game servers and wanted to update them automatically and synchronize a mappool. In the beginning, I did this with bash scripts. At some point, that became too much for me, so I started learning Python. Then I used Python to automate the gameservers. Later I wrote for a friend a Program to extend Teklab. This program was badly written, had many quirks, but they used it for more than 6 years. I hoped, that they deleted the code, but then later another friend had a copy of it and wanted to use it. So sometimes you're haunted for your own mistakes.