Anyone feel overwhelmed with all there is to learn?

I hear Ya. I started coding about a year ago off an on, and with in the past 6 months really started to buckle down as much as I can. Yeah I think for new people such as myself its a very daunting experience, but my mentality for learning is... if you look at something you did in the past and it's not crap your doing something wrong. Always push yourself towards something new. Yeah there is a lot to learn but that is what makes it fun there is always something new!

Although I'm new to full-time coding, and have a whole heap to learn just like yourself, I've kinda of gathered your not expected to "grasp" all the different aspects. I think a lot of languages are based on others except for slight differences, for example HTML HTML5, LESS & Saas both CSS preproccessers, JAVA and C# still object orientated principles although syntax is slightly different.

I would choose which ever language, technology you would like to use and grasp that, and then play with close equivalents a lot of things we're probably going to learn as we go alone, because we have a basic understanding to start with which may come from something else

Yikes!! I'm not sure how to feel about your posts. I am just starting out and I am in the middle of coding my very first project for a client. I am feeling the same way. In a way it's a relief that more experienced designers/programmers are going through the same thing. On the other hand, It seems like the learning is never done. I love learning but knowing when to step back, take stock of my skills is my biggest problem. I need to stop learning new concepts and start applying what I already know before moving on.

@ Jacob Mishkin, I couldn't agree with you more when it comes to looking at something I done in the past and almost cringing thinking 'I should have done it this way' etc, I think we are all perfectionists and this I think is a good thing.

@Herb Bresnan, I also think that we should always be learning, whether that be in our working life or just life in general, if I wasn't learning I would be bored, I fully believe that everyday I should learn something new, especially in my professional career.

But I still feel overwhelmed when I see some tutorials/blog posts that describe how to do something really complicated and I often think 'how did they know how to do that?', is it lots of trial and error? Do they have a mentor in their working life, a guru of the web for example? I guess it just takes hard work and a lot of experience. I am definitely willing to learn and very eager to learn, sometimes though I have moments where I think the end goal unreachable.

Thanks for the responses.

Stephen O'Connor your not the only one. No Worries, as long as you can see yourself progress just go for it. here is a good read:

http://ryanscowles.com/2013/04/web-developers-and-the-impostor-syndrome/