Subj : Re: advice
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 12:39 pm

In article <1125437399.052475.104330@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
secret.type@gmail.com says...

> i am an undergrad in my junior year & i _think_ i like programming
> 
> i like to write short/trivial scripts etc to do small jobs
> 
> but, when it comes to writing decent sized programs, i start postponing
> it & when i really get started on it, i get bogged down by some trivial
> thing/bug & that is the end of the project

Pick a small to medium sized project that you are interested in, and 
finish it.

If you are bogged down in trivial issues and bugs, it may be 
'perfectionism' of a sort that is blocking you.  Try ignoring concerns 
about what is the best or most efficient way to do something, and write 
it in the simplest way that works.  Make sure that the interfaces 
between objects/modules are clear and simple.

- Gerry Quinn

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