build stuff. and I don't mean go write code, I mean literally run make/yarn build/compile whatever is interesting to you. this way you run into all the internal

build stuff. and I don't mean go write code, I mean literally run make/yarn build/compile whatever is interesting to you. this way you run into all the internals, different setups and modules and glues and bugs and errors and fixing and sometimes even finding workarounds by hacking stuff. I've done security research and reverse engineering and got to experience such wide variety of systems. many times I get asked if I "learned by myself", so I answer I've self-taught but had great teachers.