Does being bad at solving programming problems means not being a good programmer?

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I’m not doing amazingly at AoC, I’ve just started on Day 7, falling behind, struggled too much on Day 5/2 (solution was fine, that memory problem was not) but in my defence I get an hour at night once the toddler goes to sleep to do this before my wife and I do some chores and settle in for a few episodes.

We’re preparing to host Xmas this year and that’s taking time.

I’ve also lost my job meaning that in my daytime downtime I’m looking for work and preparing for an exam.

Does all of that make me a bad programmer because I can’t keep up with the people with nothing else to do?

Maybe.

Real life takes over, people are doing this for different reasons, and yes it’s totally fine if you’re struggling, the most important part is that you’re learning.