You're not missing anything. It starts out that (code is crap) and you just get better the more stuff you write , and even then you never quite feel like you're

You're not missing anything. It starts out that (code is crap) and you just get better the more stuff you write , and even then you never quite feel like you're writing "good code". The biggest thing that accelerated my growth was working with people who were much much better than I was. You'll learn so much faster, and become so much better than you can ever by just plugging away by yourself. Just remain humble and open to learning and you'll wake up one day and realize you're actually not bad at this programming thing ;) "Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher" – Japanese Proverb