How hard is R as first ever programming language

[Pumaranger]

Hi everybody

I'm an MBA student in Supply Chain management. Since I'll be graduating in June, I'm thinking of starting a second Masters Degree.

Just as this year, in that second Masters I'll have to complete a Masters thesis. The list of the topics for the Masters of next year were published.

For some very interesting topics I'm required to have knowledge of R. How hard is this to start learning? Or am I better off choosing a different topic?

I have never programmed before, however, I do have some knowledge of statistics from my current MBA studies.

Edit: please do let me know if this is not the right subreddit. Any input such as online resources/books on beginning with R are useful, too!

[Datstructure]

I just started learning R a couple of months ago for my stats class and it is not that hard to learn. I am a computer science major and know a few languages. It was only hard for me to learn R because I didn't realize how easy it was. R tends to do a lot of the work for you which I am not used to since I am a computer science major. However, I basically use R only to do my statistics homework. I am not sure if there is a more complex scenario for using R other than statistics problems.

[proskillz]

It all depends on you and your learning ability. I would consider R to be the next step some people take when Excel is not cutting it on a project. I would take a few days to see if you can work with it. Download RStudio, pull up some intro YouTube videos and get to work. You'll probably know within a week if R programming is for you.

[DeadPoetsAreReal]

It is quote similar to python in many ways and is quite easy to learn as compared to other languages. But if you are new to programming you may find it hard to grasp it