@Paul This is what I do know: there is a guy who taught himself Python and he runs a Denver `Learn to Code` meet up at the Denver Library. This guy followed the book to the T and taught himself. He then went and completed this UDacity course:

https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-computer-science--cs101

So I asked him on Monday what his path was, he said to do LPyTHW, then that course, so I'm on Chapter 8 (although having done that class I've seen a lot of the material already)