Personally, I started off with Roblox back in the early 2010s, and taught myself Lua. I really liked those Tycoon games, and wanted to see how they worked.
I eventually found Minecraft (like every kid back in the day did), and learnt Java to make Bukkit server mods.
Around 2016 I thought websites were kinda cool, so I started learning HTML, CSS, and JS, and I’ve been in the web dev space ever since.
What about the rest of y’all? What’s your personal programming path?
Got to use a TRS-80 in school, learned a little Basic. Then saved up to buy a TI-99/4A in 1980. Immediately started playing with the built-in flavor of Basic to make simple games and apps. Progressed from there into the Commodore line (which is where I learned Assembly) and eventually into DOS/Windows. First paid gig was in 1985. Been doing it ever since.