The answer is patience. Everything is easier once you've been working in the field for a few years, steeped in that world. Have you ever read legal texts? Or dug through a graphics rendering library? Or seen a grandmaster play chess? Or etc, etc, etc. Experts in a field can show you how complex things can be when you're working on hard problems and innovating, but that doesn't mean you're not capable of getting there if you're patient.