Nice to hear I'm not the only one who feels this way. I finished a bachelor's degree in CS back in '94, have been programming professionally ever since. I went back and got a Master's degree ten years later, while I was working. At this point, I have a LOT of education, and a LOT of experience. More, I imagine, than most anybody out there. Yet I'm continously hammered for not being fast enough, not catching all the problems before they happen, sometimes not knowing the answers to questions on the spot... if I didn't have a degree in CS, I might think, "well, maybe they teach you this stuff in college". If I didn't have much experience, I think, "well, maybe you learn this stuff with experience". But I have all that and still find myself unable to solve every problem instantaneously with no margin for error. Either I'm REALLY stupid, or this is harder than they think it is.