[xauronx]

I try to see it as more of a hobby. Some people try to perfect their free throws, wood carving, guitar playing, etc. A lot of the time they're going to "fail", or see flaws in what they've produced. It's just a matter of keeping at it, being good enough until you've succeeded in some way.

The other thing you need to be careful of is getting blind to your small successes. There are probably 10 things a day that I do that people new to programming would be confused by, or wish they could do. They're so commonplace to me that I just do them with no appreciation that I did something someone else would find difficult.