Even once you can write code on your own, things are painful from times to times, and I believe that's normal and a good thing. It means you're pushing yoursel

Even once you can write code on your own, things are painful from times to times, and I believe that's normal and a good thing. It means you're pushing yourself out of the comfort zone, staying current. But it's also important to detect when you should "give up" or not invest time in something that is just too painful (I personally gave up on EJB, or temporarily on C++ to go back to Pascal, then back to C++ a few years later).