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My first program was

10 PRINT HELLO

20 GOTO 10

My second program was

10 INPUT $A

20 PRINT "HELLO, "$A

30 GOTO 10

And so on and so forth.

I worked in total isolation (this was well pre-Internet, the early 80's, and none of my friends had computers), so I was oblivious to how big the hill to climb was. Because every step was interesting as I discovered it, and all I was concerned with was taking the next step.

Don't look at the finish line and don't look around, look down at your feet and be satisfied with each stride. Eventually you will have gone a great distance.