There are many good answers in this Quora thread: https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-overcome-your-envy-of-people-who-are-your-age-but-are-far-more-successful?sh

There are many good answers in this Quora thread: https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-overcome-your-envy-of-people-who-are-your-age-but-are-far-more-successful?share=1 https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-overcome-your-envy-of-peop... As many comments on this page suggest, try to stop worrying about what's outside of your control. You can't control if someone else is a better programmer or started coding at a younger age. But you can control what you study, how hard you study, how hard you practice outside of school, etc. If you work hard, 5 years from now there will be a bunch of 27-year-olds that you work with who feel inadequate working next to you. If something's outside of your control, you _literally_ can't do anything about it. So why make life harder for yourself by worrying? That's like worrying about an asteroid hitting Earth -- you'll upset yourself, but it won't do you any good.