What would be the easiest starting point on low level languages?

I started with java, learned to hate it.
I continued with web development, learned to hate it.
Continued with PHP, learned to hate it.
Continued with scripting languages like Python, NodeJS, etc.., hated it from the beginning but it was easy.

But everytime i touch something like c/c++/rust/etc i immeadiatly give up, because the syntax is so different than all these other high level languages and so much null/type safety and so on.

But i want to get into low level programming languages which compile to an executable and don't get executed on some "vm".

@Demolishun so if i understand correctly, i should try c++ but don't get to fast in to much detail?

@Demolishun okay thank you very much, should i start with the newest c++ version or does it even matter with what i begin?

Start with C, is really a simple language (not the programs logic written in it), you will be focused on learning the platform instead language features, on the other side i do not recommend start with c++ it has so many features, you will be easily lost.

@Demolishun if you use bare pointers on C++ at this point, you are arguably using it as if it's just C with crap added.

It really comes down to your own preferences and what you plan to work on so it's impossible to tell. Maybe start with a little of both (or all) so you get an initial idea of what you're getting into.

Build the simplest shit with C++ to start with. I like to recommend a guess-the-number as first project and a simple text based rpg as second project. Use google heavily during both and you'll be just peachy

Swift.
Beauty and safety of a high level language.
Performance of a low level language.

I'm also mostly a Py/Js guy, but recently found low-level very fun and interesting thanks to these:

1. Game mods - I've been playing this racing sim (gp-bikes.com) that has input/output interfaces with C/C++ libs. Started creating data-loggers and controller managers for my needs and it really got me into lower-level stuff.

2. Unity game engine - been learning to develop games in my free time, and Unity uses C# . True, it's higher-level than C/C++, easier and more forgiving, but you still "feel" the lower level langs under the hood (structs, pointers, heap/stack memory etc).

If you went with Unreal that's pure C++ so might be more challenging/beneficial.