I spent a lot of time teaching myself (in the 70s). Then college courses, where I learned about data structures, algorithms, structured programming (all the rag

I spent a lot of time teaching myself (in the 70s). Then college courses, where I learned about data structures, algorithms, structured programming (all the rage, back then, a precursor to objects), and many other subjects. Then grad school, and more research, and then a few startups. I kept improving through all of it. tl;dr: Do it, study it, do it some more. Do it a lot. P.S. "One Month Rails" sounds like something you'd want to do later in your career. If then.