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Giorgos Kontopoulos 👀 • Edited

It is definetelly doable, good for you.

I would personally NOT start with fundamentals of CS as they might be a lot of theory and turn you off but if you are into theory go ahead.

I would start from something more tangible that you can create something in the end of the exercise. Like hands on tutorials of the language(s) that you will decide. And when something is not clear jump to theory and fundamentals or documentation of the tool you are using.

HTML/CSS are good first dives into software development if you want to be a web developer (mostly) but if you are thinking about a different path find out what languages/frameworks are used nowadays on the particular field.

freecodecamp.org/ has lots of resources and study guides for you to start (I think this site it leans towards the web development field though).

Keep working on some projects/tutorials and each project might lead you to deepen your knowledge on something else mentioned or worked on follow that path if you are curious enough.

If you get stuck along the way post a message like you did now. The more specific the question the more people you will generally have posting trying to help.

Enjoy every step and you will do fine.