Very much so to all of this. When I started programming I was just messing around and doing so as more of a curiosity than anything. What I came up with on my

Very much so to all of this. When I started programming I was just messing around and doing so as more of a curiosity than anything. What I came up with on my own was much closer to FP. When I started to really learn and was presented with OO, it took me what felt like a really embarrassingly long time to under how classes worked and why I'd want them. Once I grokked it I had a grand ol' time, but then I learned a functional language and it felt so good to learn an actual well-designed version of how I initially imagined programming should be :)