Help for an indecisive newbie?

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Hey guys! As some of you know, I've yet to get my first snake, and been researching various snakes for a while. I desperately don't want to be one of those owners who puts the cart before the horse, so to speak, so I've been putting a lot of thought into what snake I want to get, including lots of visits to reptile stores in my area.

This is essentially round one of questioning you guys. Hope you don't mind! :]

A lot of people recommend the corn snake (for good reason), but having held both corn snakes and various pythons and boas, I have to say that as adorable as they are, corns seem like they're too wriggly for me. First, though, before I discount them, do they calm down as adults? I don't want to discount a perfectly good snake because I'm lazy, haha.

Other breeds I've looked at have been rosy boas, kenyan sand boas, children's pythons and spotted pythons, ball pythons, carpet pythons, and woma pythons. Rosies are native to where I live, which has a nifty element to it; i've heard overall they're pretty friendly snakes. I haven't heard much about their feeding habits, though; I have no idea if they're good feeders or picky little guys.

I've heard both good and bad things about sand boas - anyone with experience have horror stories/love stories? What's their temperament like, are they nippy or pretty chill?

On some care sheets and various different websites, I've seen childrens pythons and spotted pythons described as pretty chill little guys. However, at both of the reptile stores I've visited, the employees seemed to think pretty much the opposite. One guy I talked to said that all of the childrens pythons he'd worked with had been pretty strikey. Anyone have experience with childrens? Want to prove/disprove this reputation?

Before this post gets too long, I'll cut it short, haha. :] If anyone has anything to say about ball pythons, womas, carpet pythons, or even any random suggestions/redirects to other threads, I'm happy to hear from you.