Self-taught some Apple Basic and Integer Basic before and in parallel with some High School courses (this was '80s; I was class of '86 high school). It was a

Self-taught some Apple Basic and Integer Basic before and in parallel with some High School courses (this was '80s; I was class of '86 high school). It was a lark then, not serious anything. Started with buy-the-magazine and type-in-the-program stuff through modest customization of same. Did unpaid work that dis-established myself. I did a bunch of temp office work putting myself through college; got in trouble because I'd fix their computers and help them with their database, but the big box of papers were still not alphabetized at the end of the week. Got fired a lot for that. First gig being paid for active computer stuff was "office automation"; building Word Perfect macros to automate the boilerplate for psychiatric reports. So, day 1 of learning was years before day 1 of getting paid. Maybe as many as 10? I think your idea is a hazardous one: you don't complete a tutorial and then go look for some work, or at least not and be happy later. If you do that, then you're a novice at the techniques _and_ at the subject matter.