I always hear from programmers / developers that html and css are what you start with if you want to be a web developer (which I want to do as a career). And they say that those languages aren't "real" languages and just markup languages, which are perfectly accessible for beginners getting into cs.

But what if I find those languages difficult as-is? I want to program and code as a future career (i hate the job I have now) and I have a passion for it. But html and css aren't coming as easy for me as people make it sound. I already have limited free time due to having a full time job other responsibilities. Currently, I'm learning using sites like freecodecamp, codecademy, youtube, some udemy, etc. But it's not coming easy to me, that's for sure. So I'm concerned, if HTML isn't coming easy to me, won't real languages like js and ruby just completely put me out of my league?

After some research, I want to learn Ruby and rails and make a career out of that someday. My dream is to either work remote or be able to move to Sweden and work as a web developer there maybe. But are my dreams feasible if I can't manage to learn html efficiently? Any advice, suggestions, words of wisdom, and feedback would be appreciated