When I began programming, I did not think it was programming. Redstone in Minecraft, simple circuits with 1's and 0's. Give it a signal, connect it to a door, it works. To time based signals, to a fully functional digital clock made out of blocks in a kids game. I thought I was playing a game, but i was programming. The language was the blocks available. And the problems were the same. How do I make this? Just the answer was exactly what it means to be a programmer, how do I get there with the tools I have? The insane amount of problem solving with the limitation I had has made learning "real" programming very easy. I know how to solve problems, just show me my tools.

My first language was Minecraft, my second is Python, first "hello world" program written on 7/26/2020.