As others have said, there will come a time which is probably unique for everyone, where things will "click". But a friend of mine had some good insight the oth

As others have said, there will come a time which is probably unique for everyone, where things will "click". But a friend of mine had some good insight the other day. We were talking about complexity in software and why at times things seem so difficult. He said it's like when you start working out. You can only lift so much weight until your muscles give out. But eventually you keep working at it and increase the amount of weight you are lifting ... so although it will become way easier to lift the amount of weight you were lifting when you started, you will continue working just as hard to lift your current limit. And that's why software will always seem hard, because we build upon our past knowledge and learn to tackle more and more difficult things.