Good advice, thanks. What would be the best way to balance the time needed for hacking and background acquisition? One thing at a time (e.g. read SICP, then hac

Good advice, thanks. What would be the best way to balance the time needed for hacking and background acquisition? One thing at a time (e.g. read SICP, then hack something in Scheme) or in parallel (read 2 hours/day and hack during the rest)?