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As far as online stuff goes, I can't recommend codeschool enough. Really kicking myself that I didn't contribute to their IOS Kickstarter (good excuse - I planned to yesterday but I forgot I was having surgery :)).

You really would do well to subscribe, bang through their javascript/coffeescript/git stuff and if rails/ruby intrigues you stay a while. Otherwise cancel your subscription (they are very rails-centric so there will be a continued focus on that I believe) and just go forth from there.

Not to throw conspiracies out there, but I think they are suspiciously un-emphasized here a lot because they are competitors of codecademy with a better product...

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and obviously, it wouldn't hurt to get a short-term programming gig to get going with stuff.