http://perpetual.education is a design/programming school. We like to be part of the discussion over here at Dev.to / We have time-slots for free conversations for career advice IRL : )
We think that learning - 'part-time' is essential to learning the fastest. Crazy, right!? But - while you're at work... getting paid etc - you can do a lot of the thinking and preparing. If you set up a system of learning a solid concept (and fair amount of work for a day) - you can let them sink in throughout the day. A video / or lesson in the morning - and then - you think about it while in transit / maybe apply the idea to something you do at work. Learning about 'data structures' and 'collections' - then while you're at the grocery store, you can think about how things are grouped - and what is on each item, and why you might want to sort them. Then when you get home - you've been ingesting it all day. You can work on your challenges - and maybe even talk to some other students or something. You could also go all in and try and learn 5 stacks and stay up all night and cram... but that doesn't seem to work out well. Our suggestion (even if you are not employed) is to learn 'part time' - in that way. Half the battle is learning how to tune out the noise and get in a work/life rhythm. Always happy to discuss it! We have a set of books we recommend.
We think that learning - 'part-time' is essential to learning the fastest. Crazy, right!? But - while you're at work... getting paid etc - you can do a lot of the thinking and preparing. If you set up a system of learning a solid concept (and fair amount of work for a day) - you can let them sink in throughout the day. A video / or lesson in the morning - and then - you think about it while in transit / maybe apply the idea to something you do at work. Learning about 'data structures' and 'collections' - then while you're at the grocery store, you can think about how things are grouped - and what is on each item, and why you might want to sort them. Then when you get home - you've been ingesting it all day. You can work on your challenges - and maybe even talk to some other students or something. You could also go all in and try and learn 5 stacks and stay up all night and cram... but that doesn't seem to work out well. Our suggestion (even if you are not employed) is to learn 'part time' - in that way. Half the battle is learning how to tune out the noise and get in a work/life rhythm. Always happy to discuss it! We have a set of books we recommend.
ALSO - I forgot: We wrote an article about that: is-it-possible-to-learn-web-develo...