In the old days, almost everyone in computing was a fast, effective problem solver. Back then, there was no money in computing, and often less money than other intellectual careers, so one only entered the field for the joy of it.

Fast forward, and now there is money in this field. And people who even dislike learning, or need guided learning, or even hate computing, are in the field. Many in the field just want a paycheck.

This is fine of course, one must eat, but this is why so many in the field today, think leaning a new language, or piece of software is some monumental task. After all, without guided learning, or without great frustration, it is for them! They cannot simply pick something up, computing related, quickly.

And to be fair, I've tried to hire, and there are innumerable candidates that literally have no idea how computers work. EG, in the old days, people would hack left right and center, spend their free time hacking, not to make their resume look better, or to gain experience, but because it was a joy and fun.

Now, that's harder to fine in a candidate, and there is no way to easily tell from a resume which manner of beast is before you.

So it's not you, it is the world that has changed. It just is, as it is now.