Hey guys,
As some of you might remember I'm in the military. I've been looking long and hard at what I want to do with the rest of my life, and I have developed a list of the skills I want to build to become the person I want to become.
Computer Programing
Electrical Engineering
Buisiness/ Buisiness Management
It is hard for me to do full time college in my job right now, but I know the first option "computer programming" can be a very "DYI" discipline when it comes to learning. Also, programming in the work force ends up being a MUCH MUCH more "experience" based subject. Experience is worth 10x that of a degree. So, in this case, where should I start? I'm not sure exactly what field I want to program in. I know I want knowledge of how to create websites extensively. I have two different websites I've dreamed up I think that could actually help the world in a sort of way.
Other than that I want to be able to combine programming with the field of elecrical engineering. A DIY project I'm going to use to start discovering the basics while I complete my general studies is I'd like to create a hexapod from scratch and program it. It would be a good project I think that I would have to spend time researching and learning allot of basics than less basic princinples as well in order to complete.
Also, because of personal experiences with other people who can program I want to learn as much as possible about security, information security, cyber security etc etc etc. I want to learn to hack, and how to track and fight black hat hackers. I know this will be something I learn after I learn everything else though.
I'm starting some side businesses to fund these ventures. I know making a simple hexapod will cost me between 1 and 2 thousand dollars base.
I should not have deviated. This was put in the computer science section to ask, when it comes to programming: Where should I start and how? I'm almost 24. I'm way behind the learning curve here.
I think my age and experience though can be a plus, when I realize people who have wasted time and money on things that really didn't matter towards their future.