[jebediah]

I have already started programming, it is just that all the problem sets I have solved were easy enough that I could get to coding right away, and when I couldn't I just thought I was dumb

[javert]

Don't ever let yourself think you are dumb. It's a lot more harmful to your psychology and to learning than it may at frist appear.

If you can't figure something out, you are just lacking some knowledge you need. I wish I had learned that a long time ago.

Being dumb is never the explanation for not understanding or figuring out something.