Its not that hard to start out, ive been programming for about three years now. The farther along you go, the more difficult I think it is to overcome greater challeneges. But whats really hard is transitioning from one language to another. I recentlyy did from C++ to Java(for my programming class) and its a freakin nightmare. BUt its definetly fun to programm things, and seeign the outcome of your project is very satisfying, unles, of course theres errors in it, but thats half the fun is fixing the errors, its like working on a car.