canibanoglu

I'm a 24 year old student who started learning coding about a year and a half ago and have been spending most of my waking time on coding the last 2 months.

With the introduction out of the way, I was wondering if anyone could give tips on how to deal with the sense of being overwhelmed when just starting out. I have learned the basics of Python programming when I first started out and have been writing little scripts which make my life easier but apart from that I have no solid experience with programming.

Lately, I've been trying to get into web development and I finished the "Web Fundamentals" track on Codecademy. Feeling that I without putting what I learned to use I would soon forget everything, I bought a domain, signed up for webhosting and created a pure HTML and CSS website. (You can find it at http://howyoucod.in but please be gentle.)

Now I want to expand on the foundation but I feel very intimidated and overwhelmed when trying decide where to start. I want to learn JavaScript, I want to learn Django, I want to learn JQuery and loads of other stuff that I find out about thanks to HN. I have ideas that I want to bring to life but each time I try starting work on one I find that I have to learn a lot of new stuff.

Don't get the wrong idea, I love learning. It keeps me occupied and I get a rushing feeling of euphoria when I wrap my head around something new. But when I have so much to learn, it's a problem for me to decide on where to start. I've been thinking of signing up for CodeSchool as I believe that I can benefit a lot from their content and I've been thinking about finding a way to attend a dev bootcamp in the US.

I would really help it if experienced developers can point me in the right directions and give me tips on how to prioritize my learning objectives.

Thanks a lot in advance!

PS: Wow, the process of creating a new thread on HN was more nerve-wracking than I thought.