Everybody who can code started out not being able to do either of those things.

Cross the bridge when you get there.

I chew CI scripts for breakfast and CD for lunch.

Jokes aside, it’s a decent part of my day job and never faced any problem. Neither do my younger colleagues who never ever were even exposed to those esoteric programming thingies.

The problem is the belief that cli or mildly esoteric CS practises and skills have to be some kind of mandatory initiation.