The first langauge you learn should have you spending your time learning how to structure your code and build things from primitives. These are valuable lessons

The first langauge you learn should have you spending your time learning how to structure your code and build things from primitives. These are valuable lessons that will stick with you wherever you go. If you learn a complicated langauge like C++ or Python, you will be spending more time learning langauge specific features and quirks. I still say langauges like C or Scheme are the way to go as an introduction.