My Dilemma With Being A Dev

To keep it straight and to the point: My passion for Game Development is intact. My understanding of narrative, art, business/marketing, and game design is all solid…Yet I cannot wrap my head around coding.

I have tried at different points in time to learn different languages and I find that my issue lies in knowing what to do. I can critically think, I can format and understand syntax, but where I get overwhelmed is in learning the seemingly endless amount of functions.

I have been wanting to make games for so long, and while I feel like I excel at every other aspect, I know it will be impossible to make a video game without coding.

I would love to hear some feedback and any tips other devs used to learn, such as: what helped you to code without going to school? Also, is it feasible to just hire a coding developer to partner with me on my projects?

EDIT: When I say "hire" a dev, I moreso mean just finding one to partner alongside me. I do not have the funding to really hire anyone at the moment, but I just am assuming no one would work on my passion projects for solely rev share