Programming is a craft, you can always improve it with more experience and hours of practice. I think what makes it interesting is that new languages and enviro

Programming is a craft, you can always improve it with more experience and hours of practice. I think what makes it interesting is that new languages and environments emerge and programmers have to learn to apply their existing knowledge while continuously unlearning parts of their craft. I've been programming for almost 30 years now and even within the relatively constrained world of low-level C programming I still learn new skills all the time. I would say, though, that it took me a good 2 or 3 years of regular practice to get to the point where I avoid most common mistakes and develop debugging skills to find the mistakes I still make.