How Does One Begin The Path Of A hacker?

As the thread states I'm rather curious. What programing language(s) would I need to learn? Would I require any special tools?

first you need learn how work the computer : IP/TCP, Protocols, System, and you can learn a C++, Python, Ruby, Java or others..

And well.. tools.. Nmap :P and netcat or putty.

Sorry for my english