This is all great advice. My advice would be to learn programming thought with python (@tee-em just started a series on [teaching himself programming with python](https://steemit.com/python/@tee-em/python-programming-for-dummies-lesson-1-i-know-nothing-and-i-wrote-my-first-line-of-code)), and once you understand how basic programmatic thought works, take up C++ and learn the more rigorous, in-depth aspects of how computers and software work.