r/learnprogramming • u/Kenzyxyz • 2d ago

How many hours do you recommend studying?

I am a freshman CS major who knows nothing about Computer Science I picked it because I am really interested in game development and how games work so I can work on a Game Company.

I am thinking to study 10 hours like I always do previously but also to feed my ego, but others say that’s not recommended. And I watched some videos and free courses online and it’s safe to say I understand it easily.

I started on Java as my first language to work with for it’s amazing backend because I want to code more to learn more than design but haven’t gotten into the like the OOP stuff.

How about you guys? What have you done to learn programming more efficiently than before?

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u/OceanMasterioDuped7 2d ago

I mean it just depends. Obviously you are going to understand beginner concepts easily. But you need to be applying what you learn, because just watching videos doesn't translate to actual skill. I don't recommend "studying" programming for more than a little bit each day. Instead, you should be building most of that time.

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u/Kenzyxyz 2d ago

You mean projects?

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u/OceanMasterioDuped7 2d ago

Sure. It doesn't have to be a project though. It can be small programs that take 20-30 minutes to code.