I tried getting into programming as a kid, but I never really got to a point where I was having fun, printing stuff into a terminal just isn't really... engagin

I tried getting into programming as a kid, but I never really got to a point where I was having fun, printing stuff into a terminal just isn't really... engaging, and gui stuff looked complicated. One day I bought a kit with electronics which had an arduino in it. And when I decided to try that thing out, I found out you can make stuff happen in the real world with code. So ye, arduino, that is what worked for me.