Lots of programmers like me, started when they were kids - I was 11 when I started writing code. 36 years later I'm still learning and I don't mean "learning to

Lots of programmers like me, started when they were kids - I was 11 when I started writing code. 36 years later I'm still learning and I don't mean "learning to use such and such API". I've hung around awesome programmers too, much better than I. Some you will even have heard of. Specialists knowledge didn't just fall out of the sky. It takes research & patience. Some people will always be better than you. Your focus should be on being better than you were yesterday.