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> "What should I do next?" Become an enlightened developer by learning a functional programming language.
> "What should I do next?" Become an enlightened developer by learning a functional programming language.
I've had a brief look at functional programming style before but it never stuck. Which language would you recommend to someone of my skill level?
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/part_one.html - here is a good book about how to design functional programs using DrRacket.
https://www.coursera.org/course/programdesign - here is a course on Coursera that uses DrRacket and the above as a textbook.
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Continue to play with technology as you like. You seem to already know a lot for someone of your age. Perhaps you will tire of it at some point. Perhaps not.
Accept the mystery of life.
As for finding clients put off by your age, one possible way is to enlist the aid of an older person to do talking? I knew someone in high school that did that when he ran a training service. Also, don't mention your age.
People are always telling me to find a problem and solve it; get to know some group of people. If I only knew a group of people, heh. Or people.
If it makes you feel any better, I'm much older than you and have been doing programming 'professionally' for several years, like, as a career an' everything, and I feel just as lost as you. 'Cept now I'm old, embittered, and am looking for ways to just not work, take a break and go back to doing things rather than spending time at work.
The case study really isn't compelling at all, it just doesn't look like a good site. I doubt people will care much about your age and or just don't mention it. Side note - "Design" is becoming more and more obsolete as the use of design frameworks becomes more ubiquitous. I started out doing design from scratch but now I just search for the best framework to use and cut my development time into a fraction. Check out…
I understand my design isn't great and I will try to focus on my development work. I have used both those design frameworks in the past.
The case study really isn't compelling at all, it just doesn't look like a good site. I doubt people will care much about your age and or just don't mention it. Side note - "Design" is becoming more and more obsolete as the use of design frameworks becomes more ubiquitous. I started out doing design from scratch but now I just search for the best framework to use and cut my development time into a fraction. Check out…
That's visual design you're thinking about. Real design is hard because real design is UX design. It means solving problems. It requires empathy. I suggest googling terms like "information architecture", "content strategy", "affordance" etc.
You probably should not really use your full name and age in most cases on the internet. It's weird out there and people may wish to do you harm. At the very least, it's better to keep your digital history out of the public eye (for google has indexed this page already and will never forget) -- at least until you're ready. As for finding clients put off by your age, one possible way is to enlist the aid of an older p…
Your best bet is to try and make a product that people will use and throw it on the various app stores, it doesn't matter who makes those as long as they are great. Once you make things go to meetups and do a show and tell, but don't let being 14 become your identity. If you just continue making things, everything else will fall into place.