I am learning and practising HTML, CSS and Javascript on Codecademy and C# on my own.

When I am done with the first two and confident enough with Javascript I am considering Ruby or Python. I love the creative freedom HTML and CSS can give you. Javascript goes beyond. Once I finally nail the basics on C# I buy a recent enough reference book and work from there.

Despite the occasional syntax headaches there is much to enjoy and I do not want to become a powerless consumer in the face of IT. One of my best friends wants to build a project with me and he is pretty professional. I consider myself lucky 

Considered learning Java yet?

I hate it.

It has been on my mind. First C# before I get too many syntax headaches 

I think IntelliJ is still the best Java IDE out there by a mile, there's a free edition.

Can you take a class? You are moving from scripting to a real programming language. HTML / CSS are not programming languages. They are mark up languages. Another alternative is simply the non-object oriented C. It depends what you want to do. Also, while some people can script or do HTML, but will never be able to handle real programming. It's like going from little league baseball to the professional leagues. Another alternative is to buy a book and have the patience to go step by step through every page at a snails pace to learn. As YouTube videos on how to program in C# makes as much sense (actually even less sense) as YouTube videos on how to write algorithms to plot CSDs derived from FFT transforms on impulse response data from ARTA's file formats.

I recommend a disciplined an organized approach. Scattered YouTube videos, PDF files, and trial and error are only going to get you frustrated real fast with a language like C#., especially if you don't have a lot of experience writing programs, doing abstract math proofs, or using other object based languages. (HTML / CSS / Scripting) does not count.

Practice is the most important in learning a language. Gotta first write bullshit programs like Hello World, calenders, list sorting programs. A lot of bullshit programs that don't do anything. The more you practice the better you get. Takes years to be a functional programmer. Takes years and an inherent knack of it to be a good one. It's like playing a musical instrument, not an easy one, but a hard one like violin. C# has all the tedious syntax issues of C, some of the nuances of assembly, and the abstractions of all other object based languages.

I suggest getting to the point where you can write your first junior Monopoly game (smaller board, simple rules, and only for one player) using ascii art as a first milestone.