I like to view "You either have it or you don't" as "You're either motivated enough to pour enough time into it or not". Everyone can be a hugely successful ro

I like to view "You either have it or you don't" as "You're either motivated enough to pour enough time into it or not". Everyone can be a hugely successful rock star, programmer or writer but most of the times they're not willing to put the hours in. The only way to determine if you "have what it takes" (it really is an awful phrase) is to keep trying and see if it sticks. Or to use another overused phrase, "fake it till you make it". This again applies to almost everything, not just programming.