Getting into programming is easy. It only requires some baseline level of interest. There's no formal certification. You don't need specialized tools. With a la

Getting into programming is easy. It only requires some baseline level of interest. There's no formal certification. You don't need specialized tools. With a laptop and an internet connection, you can be up and running making toy programs on day 1. How many other fields look like that? On the other hand, creating and managing a large code-base is no mean feat. Making production code that does something people are willing to pay for usually takes time and effort. And as usual, learning to program is one thing. Becoming good at it is quite another.