IMO there's not that much you have to learn to cover the fundamentals of programming: variables, arrays, control statements, and functions. When I've worked wit

IMO there's not that much you have to learn to cover the fundamentals of programming: variables, arrays, control statements, and functions. When I've worked with deficient programmers in the past, they seem to struggle on this level. I think if you can master the fairly limited fundamentals, you're basically set. True no one will want to hire you without experience, but you will already be a better than average programmer.