Happy you chose to learn C. That's exactly what I would recommend. If you are so inclined, I'd look into how to write your own home-grown version of Objective-

Happy you chose to learn C. That's exactly what I would recommend. If you are so inclined, I'd look into how to write your own home-grown version of Objective-C—given that valid C is valid Objective-C. Because then you would learn Smalltalk and the whole ladder of it all! Smalltalk is far and away one of the greatest joys on programming. :) http://objective.st http://objective.st The "Gang of Four" explains the patterns in Smalltalk and in terms of entrepreneurship—Patrick Collison's first startup was written in Smalltalk and I think early introduction to it leads to the clean design and success you see coming from Stripe.