If you have already taken one or two Computer Science courses, I hope you'll keep programming in your life.
If you haven't done any programming yet, I whole-heartedly encourage you to pick up a (good :) course in Computer Science and see for yourself what it is about.
Programming may become part of your professional career, or it may become a hobby. Here are a few things I'd like to say as someone who has programmed from an early age, has been enjoying good and productive careers programming and teaching, and still very much enjoys it in various forms today.
Over the years, I've been picking up quite a few programming languages. I would learn a new language either because I had to (as a requirement for a project), or because I "fell in love" with some aspect or capability of it (e.g., lambda calculus, objects, functional paradigm, and so on). On this journey I found that Alan Perlis (a "CS Sage") was right when he had said (and I'm paraphrasing a bit):
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about problem solving, is not worth knowing."
At the end, it's not the programming languages that matter but what you do with them. Don't get sucked into the occasional "religious wars" surrounding programming languages. Sometimes, with the excitement and new vistas of a new language (or fad), it's easy to forget this point, but this is the point of programming. What you do with a programming language is the important part, and is the source of joy, beauty, engagement and usefulness.
A unique aspect of programming is that it is a creative and intellectual activity which can produce interactive art(ifacts). You can create art(ifacts) which interact and communicate with its users. Uniquely among art forms, it is dynamic (interactive) and it flows both ways (to and from the user/participant).
Programming as a career can be an interesting and rewarding one, but there are many other interesting and rewarding careers. Actually, you may enjoy your career more, and be more successful if you use programming as part of another career or profession. Professionals who can code in biology, medicine, government, sociology, physics, art, law, history, and mathematics, to name a few disciplines, are respected and can do amazing things to advance those areas.
Computer Science and programming are relatively young fields. They are truly in their early stages of development, and have barely reached their full potential in terms of impact on our lives (Alan Kay (another "CS Sage") had said that "The Computer Revolution hasn't happened yet"). Their importance will only grow with time; you can enjoy the advantage of an "early adopter". So, go ahead, explore this fascinating intellectual and creative pursuit; enjoy and improve your life and the lives of others, by using it.
The activity of programming will change you. It will not make you better or worse, just different. You will develop new capabilities, new ways to be creative, to analyze, to figure things out, to be playful, to have an impact. Some people may be put off by your new abilities and skills; some may not like it, or be jealous. Don't be intimidated by the labeling of "people who know how to program" as nerds, socially challenged, or somehow "uncool". Once you learn to program, you'll know that it is pretty darn cool and quite empowering!