basics of programming

where did you start? like when i am asked "you just went out one day and said im gonna do a backflip?". i want to know how to be a computer wizard pretty much. any rescources i should be aware of? perhaps you could point me in the right direction.

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pretty much this, I know enough to do what I need to do in those languages with C++, CLISP, ASP.NET, Java, and SQL being the ones I'm actually proficient with