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Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about mental will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 7 years of working with game has actually taught me.
The people who struggle most are the ones who overthink the entry point.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to building one real thing instead of more tutorials. After that, made the varsity team after 8 months.
The one thing I would prioritise: set a two-week checkpoint to assess what is actually working.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by poppykhan47683
Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about mental will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 7 years of working with game has actually taught me.
Everyone who's good at this now was terrible at it for longer than they'd admit.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to treating every mistake as data rather than failure. After that, made the varsity team after 8 months.
The one thing I would prioritise: get clear on what "good enough" looks like for your situation — perfectionism is the enemy here.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by isabellawilliams52145