My first computer science course was a life-changing moment for me. I was two years deep into general-ed, I was trying to manage my mother's alcoholism that I had just started to understand, and my girlfriend and best friend wanted me to move away to state University with her. I read that Java book start to finish, every chapter, and eventually realized the potential that computers can bring the world.
Anecdote aside, there's a difference between reading something and understanding something. My friend who is really in tune with the nature of the subject, is also spending an incredible amount of time surrounding it.
Anecdote aside, there's a difference between reading something and understanding something. My friend who is really in tune with the nature of the subject, is also spending an incredible amount of time surrounding it.