If you went to CS school, they'd confuse you to death with C/C++ spaghetti. Python is elegant and reads almost like the English language itself, so you can learn it in 5 hours. It will get you to start coding, and you can make 4chan bots and ethereum bots on it. You can then build everything you want in it like a browser, video game or a blockchain.
Other languages shouldn't exist, all you need in Python. Except for low level-tier speed in which case PyPy or another lang like Rust will get you there.
Here's a simple and easy tutorial by a German chick babystepping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8pPdKYpowI 