Get a dev environment set up so that I can try things. Read a quick tutorial Start writing code and googling the things I get stuck on You can often find X f

Get a dev environment set up so that I can try things. Read a quick tutorial Start writing code and googling the things I get stuck on You can often find X for Y Programmers, e.g. C++ for Python Programmers that might be a good fit, though I can't say I really used any. I asked my coworkers some dumb questions when I got started about compile errors I couldn't figure out which helped. I definitely wouldn't watch videos, as you say, it's really hard to find the bits that you need to know in video.