Learning how to program

Hey, I'm sure you get plenty of these threads and hate them to bits, but, here goes anyway.

I want to learn how to program, and end up in something like videogame development eventually, so, how do I get there?

There are so many different languages, and so many tutorials around I don't really know where to start.

Thanks for shitting up this thread with copy-pasta in advance.

Suffice it to say that only the BEST of the best can be programmers in the game industry
Based on what I've seen around EA, that "BEST" is a more like "mostly gullible neophytes".

All the best developers I know, people whom I actually look up to and continually blow my mind, wouldn't touch game development except as an evening hobby. They have better things to do than hanging out in front of EA's offices chainsmoking and visibly shaking from the nerves. These people are dying on their feet.

Don't believe me? Visit Vancouver sometime.