Here is my story; I was raised having a computer in my house since my early years, when I was around 8-10 years old. It didn't took me long after that to find out that computers were of great interest to me, gaining knowledge about them and learning to fix them were my passions. But programming, it was never on my priorities list, not even when I was trying to learn the ways of a computer and its applications. In the past I always had the impression that programming was something tedious, and not something that I would enjoy, or even need on my life or career. But, now that I'm finishing my Bachelors Degree on Networks and Telecommunications, I feel the need to learn programming, in fact, I now look back and say, what have I done with my life all this years? Why haven't I take the time to learn programming?

Well, along the way I have started reading books about programming, but unfortunately I always get bored after a few days. It feels like I don't have the right motivation, sometimes I go as far as to think that I don't have what it takes to become a programmer. All this leads me to ask myself, Am I ever going to learn programming? Do I have what it takes to become a programmer, the motivation? How can I get going and keep going, to actually start writing useful programs other than the 'Hello World!' that almost all of us get to write as explained in the beginning of the book?

Now, my questions for you, the readers, is: What is your motivation? Is there any recommendations you can give to help me become a programmer? Any comments will be greatly appreciated.