My wife got her technician license about 10 years ago, and she's like a "technology anti-Christ". If she can pass that test, anyone can.The Technician License is very easy to get as the code requirement was eliminated years ago. Baofeng radios are inexpensive on Amazon.
Those Baofeng radios are the perfect radio to get started in ham radio. I've got 8 ham radios, and 2 of them are Baofengs, and they work very well.