The problem you're explaining can be generalized: "Junior X starts flipping knobs thinking Y is somehow holding him back" This is sadly how many of us have to

The problem you're explaining can be generalized: "Junior X starts flipping knobs thinking Y is somehow holding him back" This is sadly how many of us have to learn. If you don't have a mentor or someone to check your work, it's a way to learn. Experience will tell you not to make bad decision. You get experience by making the wrong decisions.