Absolutely, it can take hours to learn how to do a very straightforward 5 LoC or less task, especially when you start off not knowing what the "task" even is or

Absolutely, it can take hours to learn how to do a very straightforward 5 LoC or less task, especially when you start off not knowing what the "task" even is or what your goal/aim even should be. Much of this planning/research is implied in every knowledge job, and the ambiguity and vagueness of instructions/someone else's plans often feel like they are a Valles Marineris away from your input/starting point. Someone can tell me "Just join those values onto our data, easy left join" and 2 weeks later it is finally done.