Once upon a time I was a clueless novice in the world of programming, and it took me quite a while to get myself on track. The issue was not me being a novice but it was me not having to get a proper foundational understanding of learning any language. I spent more than a month deliberating on issues like; 1)The best programming language 2)The easiest language 3)The most efficient language.
Whilst considering all of these: I must say it was quite challenging for me to get working on one. I would see or hear people talk about java, oh it's a great tool to transform one to a mobile developer, or, oh, learn C++ it is the most efficient cross platform language, or even , oh get yourself wrapped in python, it's a very human friendly language to get yourself accustomed with. Above all that; I would say, all that did not really help me as a begginer, Well not until after I found a post that spoke directly about 'Getting started as a begginer in programming'.
Consequently, there were other issues asides choosing a suitable language to learn, there were other issues I battled with like having to determine the field in programming I wanted to delve into, which I saw many on: 1)web development 2)Mobile development 3)Cyber security 4)software engineering and a few others. But at the end of it all, reading that particular article, I was able to discover these secrets which helped me kick start my career and journey as a developer 1) Every programming language is good 2) Every programming language is efficient and unique 3)Any programming language is learnable 4)All programming/computer science fields are relevant, be it Artificial intelligence, web development, or game development.
At the end of the day, Pick any language you seem to like, or one that seems to fit your needs or passion. And at this point I will just say to any aspirant looking to get their way into programming to just start learning a language and I assure you every other thing would fall in place. Reading articles by top programmers helped me shapen my mindset whilst starting as a learner, and the more reason I started writing articles and post about anything that would be of help to programmers and future programmers.