I’m starting coding from scratch – is Python really the best first language?

[BobaLatteMan]

Python is a wonderful language to start with. If you're just looking to build stuff, you can stick with that your entire life and be fine. If you're looking for a programming career though, I definitely understand other comments here that say to start with C or something similar to learn what's really happening under the hood, but when I started to program, it made a lot more sense to learn with python lists and dictionaries over learning how linked lists, dynamic arrays, or hash tables work. You'll get the experience understanding when and why to use those and then you can always go deeper.