I'd like to share a little dark secret of the programming profession: At least 50% of the time, a programmer does not know how to perform a task until the mome

I'd like to share a little dark secret of the programming profession: At least 50% of the time, a programmer does not know how to perform a task until the moment they perform it. We approach each task with the confidence of one who has learnt how to do new things each day, who knows how long it takes to learn something completely new. Since you have tought yourself everything you know, it is clear that you have mastered learning new things. Trust me, you will have no more difficulty learning the things you require in the workplace than you have had learning them at home. As you gain experience, you will get better at estimating how much needs to be learnt and learning it quickly (while staying focused), but learning is always a constant. The moment you stop learning in your job, that is a sign that you need to build an abstraction layer and put your current knowledge into a library so you can focus on more complex problems. Believe in yourself. The only difference between you and your enlightened peers is that they have confidence in their ability to learn on demand. You should too, since you have proven it already.