For new stuff, I like to start with something I want to make using it. And a popular textbook. The first something should be useful but simple. For electronic

For new stuff, I like to start with something I want to make using it. And a popular textbook. The first something should be useful but simple. For electronic logic, for example, I found something I wanted to build, on a breadboard and learn from. Then I referenced the book to understand what was going on. Then I played around with the circuit ... 'what happens if I do this'. You pick up the jargon slowly this way. A year or so later, I actually got a computer-hardware troubleshooting job offer after I destroyed their logic test. Luckily, a teaching job came along to save me from that.