Then I wanted to make robots but I went to a robotics company for a high school project and they explained engineers don’t build anything and the technicians don’t design anything.
I was affiliated with a robotics lab for a couple years, and I'm pretty sure that's not true industry-wide. I'm mostly saying this for other folks who may be reading. Look into it first before believing what that company person said.
For a while I tried coming up with something insightful to say, but after I spoke people would just pause with a blank stare and then say: "ok, moving on..."
I have an HP Chromebook 11 that I was going to install linux on (iirc you have to open it up and flip a hardware switch to do so) but I ended up keeping Chrome OS on it. Anyway I mention it bc the form-factor is nice, it's very small and light but still usable. Only thing I don't like is the touchpad so I hook up an external mouse whenever possible. You can get those chromebooks for under $100 refurbished too.
some "unofficial" replacements