I think there may be better role models but I have a hard time finding ones that are jargon-free (to a degree, "pipes" and other terms are jargon but generally

I think there may be better role models but I have a hard time finding ones that are jargon-free (to a degree, "pipes" and other terms are jargon but generally accessible to people who work with Linux), approachable, and functional for people that do not have the mental model.