The best way to circumvent this feeling is to learn how programming works rather than how PHP and Laravel work. If you know what a web server is, how to scale it, know a little about web security, and how to write OOP well you're in very good shape. Don't learn the intricacies of Laravel, you can pick those up on the job. Learn enough about PHP to be able to identify what goes into a programming language and to be able to look at other languages and tell how they are different and the same past one using the word "const" instead of "let".