I'm sometimes critical (hopefully constructively) of how people communicate to new people who want to learn more about 3D games and how to create their own games.
Highly educated people get use to their concepts and language used in their community. Where they might express themselves by stating semantics are important - and they are - Newcomers aren't always aware of the language used or what specific words or concepts are intended to convey, and experts don't understand their honest innocent and sometimes ignorant perspective. Wouldn't you agree that all things being equal, it is just as easy to state "The meaning of words are important" rather than using the term "semantics"? It makes it so much easier for so many people to understand.
No, I don't want to be a graphics PROGRAMMER, but I do want to understand what is involved, so I can be aware of the key issues, and communicate with programmers, to include those who may not have the same level of experience and education as professional programmers, but like me, work their way through and learn as they code. That said, I find looking into the educational matter suggested by others to help map out the concepts and technologies that we should be able to reduce to conversational concepts and abstracts: http://diaryofagraphicsprogrammer.blogspot.com/2009/11/you-want-to-be-graphics-programmer.html
But please, understand that in open source projects and approaches, if you really want to leverage the intelligence and wisdom and great ideas of people that you've never met; that aren't part of your core team; that it serves you well to communicate as easily, as naturally, as possible.
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