Where to turn upon realizing I can't program my way out of a paper bag?

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Published on 2010-01-07T20:43:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 21:42 UTC
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I have no job and just enough money to get by until April or so. While looking for work, I figured I might as well go through with a pet project, a browser based card game. Make it nice and free, collect donations and maybe earn enough for a movie ticket to escape reality for a while.

I have dabbled in web development a bit. I can make simple stuff happen with JS/PHP if I follow tutorials. I designed my own art blog's template - http://luminarious.tumblr.com. I can visualise the game working in my head, flowcharts and everything. But then I tried to go deeper with Javascript and almost had an aneurysm before understanding what a closure is.

Wether I suck at learning, have ADD or fail epically at productivity, I have not got much done. Coming up with ideas, screen mock-ups and so forth was very enjoyable, but actual implementation.. not so much. In fact, I cry a bit every time I think about the time someone competent could have finished this in.

I'd like to excuse myself with my ENTP personality type, but that hardly solves anything. Rather, I'd like to know to get from A (bunch of ideas with little semblance to a web app) to B (something to proudly show others) while being unable to pay anyone?

  • Are there any secret techniques for learning?
  • Is there any way to get mentoring or code review?
  • Is there anyone with too much free time willing to code for me?
  • How to trust someone to not steal my code when I ask for assistance?
  • Is there anything I should have asked instead of any of those?

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