I'm just starting to learn. There are too many paths, too many options. I noticed that some of them are not really essential. One could skip these things, and learn it when they're free. Some of them include;
<ul>
<li>Keyboard layouts. There are too many options. Writing speed is important, but writing should be fun too. I come across with Dvorak, Colemak, QGMLWB and many others.</li>
<li>Editors. Emacs (Spacemacs), Vi (Neovim), Ed, Sed and modern, GUI approaches like VS Code (Codium), Atom, Kate and others.</li>
<li>Version control systems. Learning and using one of them is important but there are too many options.</li>
<li>Spaces vs tabs. I prefer tabs. But I also use spaces. In both cases, I only touch TAB, and my editor do the rest for me.</li>
</ul>
What's really important? I want to produce something. To produce, I have to understand. I will also learn many things while trying to produce. So, I will be either;
Learning
<ul>
<li>Reading books</li>
<li>Applying tutorials</li>
<li>Writing tutorials</li>
</ul>
or Working
<ul>
<li>Recreating programs I already use</li>
<li>Contributing to projects I use</li>
<li>My own ideas</li>
</ul>
It might be not much, but it's enough to keep everything organized, for now.

Gökay Gültekin

Working, Learning and Optional Ways