Something I posted on this thread which is related: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4712392 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4712392 Incidentally, feeli

Something I posted on this thread which is related: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4712392 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4712392 Incidentally, feeling like it's too hard for you and that you're not smart enough just goes with the territory. Also try to ignore the temptation to feel like it is all very easy for everyone else. I find that the feeling of failure is often its worst right before I make a breakthrough. After about the fifth time of thinking this is too hard for me, I can't do it, then doing it, I realized this is a pattern for me and learned to ignore the feeling of it being too hard.