Writing a program, which means both designing the structure and writing the code, is often the result of many iterations and just not giving up until the best o

Writing a program, which means both designing the structure and writing the code, is often the result of many iterations and just not giving up until the best or acceptable result emeges. Academically inclined people, esp without significant world experience, are often used to things coming fairly easily to them and often self select to give up when immediate (and possibly self affirming) results are not on the near horizon. So, reasonable talent plus persistance can easily win the day.