 How did you get started in hacking/programming?
ivenkys: You are lucky - you stumbled on the right thing by accident , HTDP and/or Little Schemer are the right places to start followed by the more advanced SICP.If you can really grok SICP you probably won't need anyone to tell you what to read next - depending on your interest you will pick up the right book.What i wish i knew before i got into programming is essentially the above. It took me a solid 10 years of C,C++,Python,Java and reading the right blogs/journals to realise that my knowledge/understanding was ass-backwards.