The programming mindset

How can I know if I'm too stupid for programming/engineering/maths?

Is it true you need a good memory and be good at just swallowing lots of apparently random technical stuff?

For example BSD sockets. To "learn" them I guess you just have to memorize all these syscalls, the whole connection model. What does it even mean in a deeper sense? I don't know.

At one point you just have to have faith and be good at remembering lots of formulas, how do you do that

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I took a java course last year, I learnt all that stuff, all the design patterns etc i dont know if should work as java programmer. i guess it is not so bad a language once you understand it. lots of people struggle to learn it...
but i hear it has reputation for being terrible. definitely somewhat cumbersome at times. a modern-day cobol