Programming is an acquired taste.   The very first program that I ever wrote ... was 8 lines long (in BASIC) ... took me six months to write ... and had a bug in it.   It is just what you know at the time, and what does or does not interest you.   Personally, I abhor dealing with anything having to do with “the hardware,” and that definitely includes “networking.”   I say that (in a good-natured way, of course...) because I have discovered that I am not particularly good at resolving hardware issues and that I have no patience for it.   To each his/her own.