Comment by umanghere

I started reverse engineering at 13 with an IDA Pro of questionable provenance - at that time, I found it quite difficult.

One thing which really helped me (and I wholeheartedly recommend) is to write simple programs, run them through the compiler and then in the disassembler. It really helps build a correspondence between program structure and its object code.

Eventually, you can make it even more fun and challenging by stripping debug symbols and turning on compiler optimisations.

Happy reversing!