Congratulations.
This is a good problem to have.
When you have reached the point that you can effectively
use existing resources to solve questions that you can,
formulate, and if you find yourself actively doing so
(so it isn't just a question of thinking you can find
answers, but not actually doing it), you are probably
making pretty effective use of them. That is what they
are for.
However your continued awareness that there are things
you are missing is probably accurate as well.
At this point there are a few things which I find helpful.
- Stretch your boundaries. While you don't have
and obvious questions, there are things you probably
would find useful to know about that you don't. Make
a habit of identifying such areas and trying to learn
more. This is useful in and of itself for obvious
reasons. However it will also give you lots of specific
questions, some of the answers to which will give you
context for and clarification on things you thought you
knew.
- Try to answer questions. While trying to
answer questions you challenge your own knowledge in a
different way that tends to bring out what you only
thought you knew.
- Find out what others think is important.
Every subject accumulates basic facts that experienced
people all know, which are not obvious to beginners.
You probably would never on your own realize that goto
poses a fundamental maintainance problem, and never
think of programming styles beyond procedural. If you
think that there is more you should know that you don't,
there is people out there who are perfectly willing to
tell you what they think is important. Some of their
suggestions will open your eyes.
- Review what you think you know. How would
you say it to someone else? How do you wish it had
been said to you? Why does it make sense to do it
this way and not that? Why did they choose the way
that they did it? The answers are often enlightening...
And remember, questions come in clumps. You might have no
real questions for a couple of weeks. Then you rethink
something and you have a ton of them until the dust
settles.
