I don't remember specifically what it was as I started quite young, but especially starting out there were a couple of major "lightswitch flipped on" a-ha momen

I don't remember specifically what it was as I started quite young, but especially starting out there were a couple of major "lightswitch flipped on" a-ha moments like that. I think realizing that execution in imperative languages was one after the other and that there's a sort of "cursor" that goes through the code (execution flow/instruction pointer/whatever) was one of the first things that made things click. I miss them, as they were incredibly endorphin-releasing moments.