Im a newb and i had a couple questions :

First of all: i dont want to become a scrpit kiddie and i was wondering, what are the best programming languages to learn? which ones do you need to learn to later be able to understand more complicated stuf?

Second: when starting, i hear a lot of stuf about what to do, but it gets very confusing. should i start by reading programming books and then listening to more experinced people? or should i take classes?

Id like to thank everyone who made this great website possible.