The advice here is good…make stuff you care about and figure out how to make it great. Very practically, it’s useful to pick a community which tends to run alo

The advice here is good…make stuff you care about and figure out how to make it great. Very practically, it’s useful to pick a community which tends to run along similar tracks. I am part of the Laravel community, but there are vibrant communities in React, Rails, and others. That said, self taught has a lot to do with personality and some people just don’t thrive under those circumstances. There is nothing wrong with paying a teacher to help guide in a more formal way, if that’s your particular bent.