[pizzaknife]

as a predominantly self taught engineer(with almost 20yrs of experience mind you, 10 of which were grinding through junior and entry level skill) the only advise i can give is the 80/20 law works here in learning too: focus 80% of your educational efforts into something you are actually interested in, spend the other 20% on important but absolutely personally loathesome topics. master each as best you can as you move through them. Be prepared to never stop learning new idioms, processes and embrace the change that comes with it.

all i got.

edit: topics never change for a base layer: data structures, bigO notation, DRY, proper testing - are the most important concepts to master asap and lay the groundwork for everything else.