"Need motivation to code? Let me tell you the truth."

I was also someone who needed motivation to get started, but I immediately took action because people often don't understand how bad procrastination can get. There's no such thing as waiting for "motivation"—we are students, and a student's job is to study every day. It's just like how the sun gives sunlight to the Earth or how animals hunt or search for food daily. They don’t need motivation, so why do we?
When you're chasing motivation, you often end up in the trap known as "tutorial hell." Let’s say you’re learning web or app development, and you're not enjoying it. You search on YouTube for “How to get motivation while coding.” Videos like that will appear, and you'll watch countless ones, eventually ending up stuck in tutorial hell. Yes, you heard that right—it’s a major enemy in the coding world. Even I struggled with it and wasted months.
So what can you do to avoid falling into that trap? The only solution is: don’t watch too many YouTube videos. That’s it. Even now, if you’re reading this, read it quickly and go do some real coding without tutorials—you’ll love it. That’s it from my side. If you’d like to connect, feel free to find me on LinkedIn.
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Shubham Dwivedi
Shubham Dwivedi
I come from a frontend background (HTML, CSS, JS, React, Redux, Firebase), but my true passion lies in DevOps. I'm currently diving deep into tools like Linux, shell scripting, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms as I transition into DevOps engineering. Sharing my learnings, wins, and lessons along the way.