Comment by blhack

I couldn't be more thankful that python was one of my first languages, and this is something that I've passed on to everybody I've ever mentored.

Python is a real language that does real things, but it's also completely approachable to a newbie.

If programming seems hard, then you have a bad teacher that is probably just trying to evangelize their hobby to you.

And god help anybody that tries to start with JavaScript.