My brother just started learning web development. Day 1 of playing on his own domain, and he breaks his WP install twice in an hour. He sends me the following text:

This is like a horribly frustrating game.

Best summary of software development I've ever heard, and it's only his first day.

he's a fast learner. if he likes puzzles he has found his life's calling. if he doesn't he'll learn quick enough to run before he gets too old to learn something else

just let him settle in.

...Reminds me of a conversation with a friend / co-worker long ago that ended in:
"Did you forget this job isn't actually fun?"

And 10 years later, we're still at it! 😛

I feel this frustration all the time, even after some years in the field. 😭

"A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing — especially in WordPress"

-Albert Einstein, probably...

Im beginning a new career in webdev myself. After fighting with wp for abt a week and unsucessfully trying to persuade my employer to switch to djangocms (since Im a hobby pythonisto, and it a very small company) I have to say this quote sums up my feelings exactly. (In my case I was givin the wp environment already set up with shitloads of redundant plugins and no documention to help sort through the whole spagettifiedanalklusterfuq.)