Good for you.

It's kind of funny that I taught myself basic back in 78 when I was computer operator on nightshift. I learned several languages, worked mostly with cobol, and now that I'm permanently off-work, I taught myself basic again (started in 2004). Ok, not really the basic part, but electronic basics, oscilloscopes, microcode studio plus, usb, rs232, programmers, PICs and all the stuff that comes with working with electronic components.

I also tried C a while ago and just couldn't get into it either. I do like VB6 for the PC side of things; I've always dabbled in VB but just never got proficient.

I only see one drawback to newcomers into PBP now compared to back in 2004. It was so much easier to get started with a 16F628; these 18F models are much more complex. At least they have code examples here, and mplab supposedly got easier to work with (never liked it back when I started, that's why I'm on MCSP).

Robert