The best way to learn programming is to read and understand other programs. It's a really fun field, and you can isolate yourself and get very deep into thoug

The best way to learn programming is to read and understand other programs. It's a really fun field, and you can isolate yourself and get very deep into thought, and then enter an exceptionally rewarding period of cycling between work and learning. I think a lot of programmers eschew more sensible things in favor of exclusively working in this mode.