You may not be worth this reply, however, I will try to overcome my Unixism.
"It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience." - Albert Einstein
I don't mean to quote and sound all guru-ish, however, this particular quote has a deep meaning with regard to this discussion.
"Shits tough, you have to be tough too." - I think I invented that one.
Basically, if you can't swim then get out of the water, or learn to swim; those are your only choices.
Stuff like networking is zen, it's just bits on a wire. On the other hand, it can be hard. Waah.