Programming, in my view, is a craft more than anything else. Like blacksmithing or painting. You may learn some specific tricks by watching others but you'll on

Programming, in my view, is a craft more than anything else. Like blacksmithing or painting. You may learn some specific tricks by watching others but you'll only get good yourself by doing it. Listen, if you're looking at your code and saying "this is crap", that's good- it means you can now tell crap from quality. So refactor it again and make it better. Fire up the forge and hit the hammer a few more times until it feels right.