Earlier the barrier was the high price of a computer.
Today the barrier is that you have to specialize you more.
But on the other side you have more tools, more ressources (the internet), more help, more tutorials, ....
Today the barrier is that you have to specialize you more.
But on the other side you have more tools, more ressources (the internet), more help, more tutorials, ....
Or you are lucky and start at the right place (e.g. you download Python and start with a Python tutorial) ... but when you started with Windows, you might be out of luck, if you did not find some cheap way to access one of the powerful IDEs in existence (many are still very expensive or/and need that you read the same amount of tuts).