[saynay]

Yeah, this is probably the reason it worked better for me as well. I had bounced off of some other courses because I didn't have the time to dedicate 16+ hours of lectures before I would get to the fruit of all that foundational knowledge. Starting with some high-level abstractions, then digging down into how each of those abstractions ticked, kept the number of concepts I had to remember at once to something more manageable while dealing with distractions like a full-time job.