[mackwell]

My anecdotal experience:

Me in an incredibly dull Java class in college: This is awful! I dreamed of making computers do interesting things, but it turns out programming sucks and is mind numbingly boring to learn! (I eventually dropped out and went on a different path)

Learning Python on my own 20 years later from various free online resources: This is incredible! I can make computers do anything and it all makes sense! What else can I learn?!?

For me, having both the right starter language and the right form of resources were required for it work out (ingesting lessons via video as I am curious about a certain topic works infinitely better than a classroom).