Watch the original video lectures from the 1980s on MIT's site: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-inte

Watch the original video lectures from the 1980s on MIT's site: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/video-lectures/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput... I feel like it's important to watch the above videos because the professors are on a level that I have never seen in my entire life in terms of smartness / the way they can explain difficult concepts so elegantly. Then after each lecture read up to that point in the book (it won't quite match up with SICP edition 2, but that's ok, it's close enough) and make sure to do the exercises. It's pretty math heavy IMO so you will likely struggle and might not be able to finish some of them. This isn't a book that you can blow through in 3-4 days and come out a wizard. It will take many months to go through the book properly.