I watched the SICP lectures after a few years as a java developer and absolutely loved them. I also remember doing a course on functional programming (SML) whe

I watched the SICP lectures after a few years as a java developer and absolutely loved them. I also remember doing a course on functional programming (SML) when studying that did absolutely nothing for me. You’re probably correct, you need to have mastered the mechanics of programming before having the brain capacity and experience to appreciate the finer details and subtleties of the craft. I had a similar experience with karate training. When siting on the bench and watching my son train it looks rather straight forward, just remember to focus. Then after a term I decided to join the training and suddenly it feels like you have five arms to coordinate, and processing any verbal input from the sensei is just out of the question.