Matter of fact, I can, and have done, all of these things. Recreationally.
The idea is not to be hypergeneralist. What I observe - subjectively - is that we are losing whole generations of what used to be the 'nerdy IT/ham-radio/electronics-folks'. Sure, there is a small remnants with the makerscene, but that's mostly older people (beginning in their late teens).d
If not, you're already much farther down this dependency funnel that you believe.