I was inspired to program after I watched a TV show called Code Lyoko, though it's banned at some point in my country. I wanted to be special through programming like the kids in the show did, at least in my scope, and I did too. I think the best time to enjoy the joy of programming, is at your childhood, because only then, you could be extraordinary. In teenage, the experience of programming could also help you with you study. You'll find a lot of problems easy to solve, and find similarities in problems that others can't find. And find rules of finding ways to solve problems. I've experienced this myself. Though I'm not a grown-up, I think programming can still paint your life colorful (Chinglish) , by giving you a mechanism a system of doing things effectively