Learning C++

OK guys I need to learn this shit, for mathematical modelling, as I'm hoping for a career in quantative finance.

So what's a good place to start (textbooks, websites, etc)? I should note that I'm pretty inexperienced with programming in general. 

Any other general protips?

>>7
Why are so many games made with C++ then?
The truth? People fell for the hype behind C++, as C was getting unwieldy for dependable, scalable software. C++ seemed like the answer. When everyone knew C, they wrote C in C++, which is just about the only way C++ offers any benefits whatsoever. However, C++ offered only marginal improvements and still relies very heavily on convention to protect against horrible gotchas, which is really very sad. In any case, it spackled over a gaping hole, and nothing has really stepped up since.

It's like asking, "Why are so many people eating McDonald's all the time if it is so shitty?" Because, you see, shittiness (or lack thereof) and popularity really have no common cause. Things can be shitty and popular due to momentum leftover from a time when people had to make compromises, and like most engineering tasks, it is very difficult and expensive to fix, so you live with shit day in and day out.