I feel for you, friend. Some days (weeks? months?) I am in the same boat. First off, you shouldn't get down because of this. Software is complicated. I also inv

I feel for you, friend. Some days (weeks? months?) I am in the same boat. First off, you shouldn't get down because of this. Software is complicated. I also invested a substantial portion of my career in Windows development. A younger me looked at Petzold and that that was all there was. How mistaken was I! Then came MFC, COM/DCOM/OLE, .net, ... I stopped paying attention at that point. Think about it ... the tech we use changes every 2-3 years. Some tech ages well. If we had only jumped on Python or ruby when it first came out, we'd have been gurus now? Would we be as broad today? I'm actually pretty handy with Python. When a younger me would get depressed, I'd code to get happy. These days, Python gives me similar happiness. I love coding that much. Yet, when I had an interview with my dream startup, I froze up (just as you describe it). The dude on the other hand probably thought, this guy knows shit. It sucked for a while .. but then I get over it. Just keep coding, my friend! And stay happy.