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Discussion on: I keep feeling demotivated when I realize how deficient my knowledge is.

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Joseph Clark

I think the needed perspective is: you have a lot more knowledge than most of the public, and there is a shortage of supply. You can certainly make more money than many other entry-level professionals (e.g., schoolteachers) and it should be enough to cover your cost of living. Maybe your first jobs won't be for Fortune-500 companies... so what? You can solve problems for people who can't solve them for themselves. Find someone who will pay you for it. I started out making simple web pages for small businesses in my hometown during my college summer vacations, just knocking on their doors and asking.

Also, I suggest you change your self-description. You're a web developer, to 99.5% of the human population. No need to call yourself "junior".