All those things could be the case, but I think the most likely is that its just random, and unlikely you'll ever succeed in the first place. Case in point, wh

All those things could be the case, but I think the most likely is that its just random, and unlikely you'll ever succeed in the first place. Case in point, why did you first learn programming? Probably because you wanted to build something, maybe because you thought it could be a success. Everybody starts as a non-tech person getting into it with a specific goal, really what makes you a programmer is the fact you failed, and unless you gave up you tried again and learnt and became better at your craft. Not to say that those that succeed the first time don't, but its not as much as natural process. I started programming, as a lot of people do, because I wanted to make a game (and still do), and like a lot of people that first get into game dev, my first goal was to avoid doing that messy programming work myself and find someone that can do it for me. Again, like many, I tried this for a while, until someone reminded me that everyone who does this got into it for the same reason as me, and if they know what they're doing why would they drop their dream game for mine (unless I was paying).