Learning isn't linear. When starting to learn a skill, (like CS, playing piano, or making music), the first school-mindset-fueled instinct was to have heavy prerequisite knowledge and experience. On the surface, it sounds commonsense. Like obviously you need to know music theory or how computers work before you can play piano or can code (and not explode). But there is an alternative, harder, bombastic-time-saving way to gain skill. Forget all that. Just articulate what you w