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I have been thinking of learning some programming recently, but I don't feel confident enough. Is there any point in beginning with something like Zig or Go, and switching to something more serious later?

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[-] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Doing anything with your brain will always increase it's aptitude in that "topic".

People that learn lots of human languages become better and better at learnig further human languages.

People that do one type of math get better at learning other types of math.

People that do something with their body coordination (athletes) can pick up other types of body coordination (other sports or dance for example.) faster compared to couch potatoes.

etc.

So doing anything with your brain is already useful, even as just a "workout".

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