I had C as an introductory language and I didn’t perceive it as very hardcore, because we were doing the most basic things. Key is in my opinion, that you do pr

I had C as an introductory language and I didn’t perceive it as very hardcore, because we were doing the most basic things. Key is in my opinion, that you do projects aligned with your current programming skill level. I have never used C professionally, so I never worked with a large, complex code base. But I think getting the foundational concepts from it as a first language has helped a lot along the way picking up and switching between languages.