Try a Lisp. I got seriously into Lisp because of Guile, a Scheme -- but Common Lisp is also a great place to start and the Portacle environment is an easy way t

Try a Lisp. I got seriously into Lisp because of Guile, a Scheme -- but Common Lisp is also a great place to start and the Portacle environment is an easy way to jump into that. Lisp is the easiest, most fun language I've encountered to work in. It's like clay out of which you can sculpt a solution. Every programmer should give it a go. For an even easier way to get started, consider building an app in Emacs Lisp. It needn't be huge, it could just be an automation for a pain point in your daily work. Emacs is easier, and more fun, to extend than just about any other editor.