When I was eight years old, I self-learned HTML and CSS, which eventually lead to learning JavaScript, then Java. Currently, I volunteer at CoderDojo[1] (Silico

When I was eight years old, I self-learned HTML and CSS, which eventually lead to learning JavaScript, then Java. Currently, I volunteer at CoderDojo[1] (Silicon Valley chapter[2]), an organization that teaches kids to code at free sessions. If there's a chapter near you, I definitely recommend that you check them out. For the programming/coding aspect of hacking, it's important to have something visual, like Scratch[3]. Web coding could also be a good starting point, starting with HTML/CSS and moving into JavaScript. [1] http://coderdojo.com http://coderdojo.com [2] http://coderdojosv.com http://coderdojosv.com [3] http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://scratch.mit.edu/