Just realized everyone says to start with Python but my week with C was way better

Last week, I decided to ignore the common advice and try learning C instead of Python. On day three, I spent hours figuring out pointers and memory addresses, which was super hard. But by Friday, when I finally got a small program to run without crashing, I understood exactly how the computer was working. That felt way more solid than just printing 'hello world' in one line. Anyone else start with a 'harder' language and feel like it helped them more in the long run?