The best place to learn is when you're hired as a software developer at a company. It doesn't matter if the company is good or not, you'll be forced to learn to

The best place to learn is when you're hired as a software developer at a company. It doesn't matter if the company is good or not, you'll be forced to learn to make the product work. Change a few jobs and some years of tinkering and you'll likely get the fads, buzz, experience, etc.. Best place to start is as junior dev and quickly move up. Learning at home will never give you work experience since the 'real world' environment is not replicable at home.