Good Day sir, for one to be an IT Expert, must one know programming?

Question

Programming

Answer 1

You would probably need to have some sense of programming, especially more low-level languages such as C.

Answer 2

Sometimes programming is not necessary at all. It completely depends on the role that you are assigned or you are applying for. IT is vast.

But to get started, try to learn how a computer works. What are hardwares and softwares. What is networking and stuff like that.