I was 12-13 at the time. When I started programming it seemed really difficult. I didn't have access to the Internet back then.
But I saw it like me against the machine. Since I was youn I wanted to be an inventor. This tool allowed anyone to "invent" any software coming out of the inventor's imagination. It just required a computer, and the inventor not giving up and using his brain. I could do that. I liked the challenge.
Be a tinkerer, have fun! Discover things on your own. Dare to be stupid and do whatever stupid thing feels right. You don't need to follow some pre-programmed plan.
Programming is all about problem solving. You solve one problem, good. Now you will have another problem. No one guarantees you will solve it nor how much effort it will require specifically for you to solve it. And maybe it's the wrong problem to solve. But you will end up figuring all that out, and then you will feel accomplished and willingly hunt the next problem.
But I saw it like me against the machine. Since I was youn I wanted to be an inventor. This tool allowed anyone to "invent" any software coming out of the inventor's imagination. It just required a computer, and the inventor not giving up and using his brain. I could do that. I liked the challenge.
Be a tinkerer, have fun! Discover things on your own. Dare to be stupid and do whatever stupid thing feels right. You don't need to follow some pre-programmed plan.
Programming is all about problem solving. You solve one problem, good. Now you will have another problem. No one guarantees you will solve it nor how much effort it will require specifically for you to solve it. And maybe it's the wrong problem to solve. But you will end up figuring all that out, and then you will feel accomplished and willingly hunt the next problem.