Is programming right for me?

So /prog/riders, I have a question for you. I am relatively inexperienced with programming, having only learned some Ruby (I know you guys dislike it, but it was rather easy to pick up), and only made simple programs like text-based games and 1 2D isometric RPG (though I never finished it due to laziness). It was really unoptimized and sloppily coded, with a million conditional branches everywhere and so many goto statements.

However, the whole time, although it was fun seeing the (mediocre) fruits of my labor, it did seem rather boring and sometimes stressed me out. Keep in mind I was only messing around with Ruby for fun, not in a class or something. Would taking some programming classes be any different?

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My experience so far (at a college in the UK) was that classes don't really teach you anything and you're better off learning on your own, though that might just apply to me.
SICP doesn't really teach the fundamental concepts of programming, but the fundamental concepts of computer science; I don't know whether it would be good as a beginner's book if you don't want to get into the serious stuff.
Can you elaborate on what makes you irritated?