While this is ultimately somewhat true, it's a bit of a doomer perspective - knowing "some programming" is the gateway to learning other things. When you see a

While this is ultimately somewhat true, it's a bit of a doomer perspective - knowing "some programming" is the gateway to learning other things. When you see a list like "processors, memory, motors, sensors, etc" the first thought might be "Oh no I don't know any of that", but that's not a problem. Nobody starts off knowing it. You just pick a problem you want to work on and you start reading and trying things, usually failing over and over along the way until it works. I only knew a little programming when I started on a web development career, and I just learned a lot along the way.