I want to learn programming to understand it, but from what I know so far it doesn't feel like something that would be enthralling as a career. Programming is really my "back door option" if I can't get my art up to my standards within a year and attend an art school. There's a lot of good art schools nearby. If you haven't noticed, with art and programming, I'm aiming towards working in the games industry. Past that job, all other dreams are hobbies: serious but not what I'll spend most of the next ten years on barring some sudden success.