My dad had me do a C tutorial when I was 14 or 15. It was straightforward enough, and went through basic syntax, data types, arrays and pointers. I thought it

My dad had me do a C tutorial when I was 14 or 15. It was straightforward enough, and went through basic syntax, data types, arrays and pointers. I thought it was easy peasy, except that I didn't know what it was all for and lost interest. My next foray was the intro to Java course in college (was not CS major). Again the same issue, plus objects and some weird looking String[args] thing you were told to just go with. I finally picked up programming (as in built stuff) 10 years later through Udacity's webdev course. Finally I had an application, and an efficient way to know how to build one. Previously, it was all "learn this just in case" and if you got stuck on a bug it may be too obscure for your experience level to figure out.