[indigochill]

Disclaimer: I have zero professional crypto experience.

That said, my hypothetical crypto curriculum looks like this:

1. Cryptopals challenges as a guide to what to learn and pay attention to (which I suspect tptacek would probably recommend as well since he had a hand in making it :P)

2. Serious Cryptography as an introduction to core concepts

3. Applied Cryptography for encyclopedic reference

[tptacek]

Not a fan of Applied Cryptography:

https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2013/07/22/applied-practical-cry...