May I please suggest that your question fundamentally mistakes the journey. Programming is applied thinking--it is not about the tools. Maybe you already know

May I please suggest that your question fundamentally mistakes the journey. Programming is applied thinking--it is not about the tools. Maybe you already know how to think in ways useful to programming, or maybe you don't. Either way, nine months out of a lifetime is not much. If you already know how to program, then nine months might be a decent timeframe for adding a new tool (or two) to your toolbelt. If you do not already know how to program, then nine months will be just enough to make you dangerous.