I just didn't when I was new to programming. I learned Python because that's what I saw pitched to me all the time. There was a local Python meetup, MIT's CS courses taught Python and Udacity eventually taught Python. I loved the language and learned quickly how to do a bunch of basic stuff
But I wanted to make Android apps and, ugh, Java confused the crap out of me. It wasn't so much the language, but rather "URI? Where in the world do I get one of those?! Oh, you instantiate a URI with the string. In Python this is just a String..."
Or another time, once I had mastered types, I convinced my Javascript team that Typescript was Worth It. And the ensuing chaos when nobody understood how to use Types and nothing would ever compile for anyone.
All SUPER noob-y mistakes. All because I (or my team) didn't understand how to think in Types. Furthermore, people who can Think in Types often don't know how to articulate that thought process to others.