I learned a lot getting an Arduino and building stuff with it in C. With zero C and zero Arduino experience I wired together an e-ink display, SD card reader, a

I learned a lot getting an Arduino and building stuff with it in C. With zero C and zero Arduino experience I wired together an e-ink display, SD card reader, and some buttons to build a basic e-reader. I would have never been bothered to build something in C in an environment where I can reach for any higher level language.