Pay attention to my help thread

Hi /prog/. I'd like to get into programming. However, every time I try this I always start learning the wrong kind and/or the program I use likes to be a dick. I want to learn SPECIFICALLY for building game engines and the like. Can someone give me a step by step plan on which guides and tutorials to read first, which already created engines to fuck around with after I've learned a bit, etc? Also an opinion on which compiling/editing software to use for an absolute beginner would be great.

I don't know what's sadder, >>1 or the replies he's getting.
The only answers that could possibly be relevant are >>2, >>6, and ``if you want to become a programmer because of video games you have no business being one and won't enjoy it nearly as much as you think you will''.