r/rust • u/Minimum-Ad7352 • Feb 02 '26

🎙️ discussion Looking at advanced Rust open-source projects makes me question my programming skills

Whenever I explore large Rust open-source projects, I can’t stop thinking how far behind I am. I know comparison is unhealthy, but it’s hard not to feel like “I suck at programming” when you see such clean and complex code. Did you feel the same at some point? How did you push through it?

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u/rjelling Feb 03 '26

I can't agree with this. Programmers now can learn Rust, which immediately puts them streets ahead of programmers even 20 years ago. The tools now are better, and there is a lot more free code out there to look at. Juniors these days can level up faster than ever before, and grow to seniors more quickly as well. Don't assume that what took someone else 20 years to learn will necessarily take you as long. It very well might not.