This X 1000. I tried learning programming several times in my younger life, maybe 3 or 4 efforts at getting some 'basics'. Never thought I would be able to program until I picked up Unity on a whim and started learning C#. Lo and behold, documentation is now plentiful and tutorials are a vast landscape.

Nearly every 'beginner' lesson or tutorial or book on programming that I have seen state in the beginning that 'some programming experience recommended.'