[Goladus]

> I'm not really a programmer.

The real question is do you understand how a computer works. There's mapping a solution into a programming language, but programming language is just a tool to help with the real goal which is to map the solution to the computer itself.

> The fundamental bottleneck is always what's in your head.

Expressing a correct solution in a programming language is just the first step. It also has to be performant, usable, and accessible. Language choice usually has implications in those categories.