For anyone who wants a shortcut to learn the fundamentals and become a software developer while having peers support, i would suggest c0d3[0], it's a free self paced curriculum where you learn a modern javascript stack, it's lead by volunteers from around the world (we have discord!), there are lessons and challenges, you get graded by engineers and since it's all open source, once you finish, you gain real world experience by contributing to its codebase.

[0] https://www.c0d3.com/