[Satan]

Don't wait until college, thinking that it will motivate you; it won't. In a CS major, the students that are really worth their salt will have already begun learning beforehand.

Accurate. I took computer courses through middle school and high school, and during high school attended a vocational school for computer programming.

Actually will be starting to study C++ two semesters before that class begins on my own, so that I don't struggle like my other classmates will likely be, assuming they don't follow the same path as me.

Also, learning the basics of languages and getting to know how comfortable you are with them doesn't mean you lack motivation. If anything, had you lacked motivation you would have just tried one and said "Oh well I guess I'm not cut out for this."

I taught myself to code long before my vocational school, and had the logic of how it all worked as my own thought process already.


If you want it, work for it. And based on what you've said, you want it. Don't doubt yourself as far as if it is for you or not.





At the same time, don't have grand expectations for any language you learn either. They can be very powerful and do limitless things, but to get to that level, you have to go far beyond the basics.

For example, I made a tic-tac-toe game in VB for one of my classes. Exceptionally basic things, but everyone else in the class with the same assignment couldn't wrap their minds around how to get it to function. Everyone had their form all set up, elements in place, and a general frame for the game, but getting the logic behind it, the ifs, checking, switching, etc, required combining things in a way they were never shown.

The point of the assignment is to realise that even though you may know the basics, unless you actually understand the fundamentals of how they work and how you can use them together, you may as well just be making popup buttons.

Keep trying languages until you find one you really enjoy using, and really dive into it, even before college.