I agree entirely. @anon41087856 posted above that new users of DT should expect to “commit and bite the bullet”. That’s OK, but I think we (the community) should at least lay down a clear path recommended to beginners who are interested in spending some time to learn it.
Suggestion: what about a “long tutorial” type thing on the resources page on the DT site? You can download a RAW, then it walks you through a basic edit using recommended/modern modules (filmic, tone equalizer, local contrast, color balance, maybe an intro to masking) and is sprinkled with some basic theory on raw images, RGB, human perception and dynamic range compression. Something that would take a new user an hour or so to read and follow along, and takes them from 0 to “basic edit” along the way.
I think that would be entirely feasible, is there really a need to make the early part of the learning curve steeper?