ianl is right, you need to have a direction. Video games, desktop applications, web applications, and server side applications are all quite different. The languages will often be different, but so will all the support libraries and other technologies your code needs to interface with. You will probably find the most tools and books for doing desktop apps and web apps.
Having an itch to scratch is important, it's hard to devote hundreds of hours to a learning project if you don't care about the end result.
Having an itch to scratch is important, it's hard to devote hundreds of hours to a learning project if you don't care about the end result.