Not an engineer either, Fusion doesn't make you do = first.
One of my favourite Fusion things is setting variables, so as you tweak a design it updates everything for you. Ie material of v1 was 3mm thick, everytime you're referencing that thickness in the design just call it 't', if in v27 you want to increase that to 6mm you can just change the value of 't' and your design is updated without having to tweak each dimension.
To be honest I'm only moving from Inventor to Fusion, so it's not a huge leap and a tonne more user friendly at the level of complexity we do at school. Moving away from parts and assemblies has been awesome.
Two things I can't do in Fusion yet. Multi 'color' sketches within a single sketch, this is great for using with the laser cutter. And a gear calculator that lets you keep the centre distance fixed, while changing the gear ratio which is awesome for prototyping. I'll keep Inventor for those two tricks before I completely jump ship.