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If you found any resources that were particularly helpful mention them along with your achievements.

The most recent example I can recall is that of Photopea. It was created by one person as a uni student to solve a small problem. Now it is used by millions. The founder recently launched another project Vectorpea. It is a bunch of JS files that load in your browser and after than you can even work offline. Server costs are minimum. You can read the detailed interview here: https://www.failory.com/interview/photopea

What are some other examples of solo founders making end to end systems without any bloat and later making it big?

P.S.: Needn't be only software projects.

For people with mathematical maturity there are options like SICP and other. But for those who are not so much mathematically apt, what are the options for bookish learning?

Are there books suitable for SELF STUDY that don't water things down but actually teach programming in any language? By not watering things down, I mean that the student doesn't just learn a bunch of libraries or frameworks and after finishing the book doesn't know how to solve problems on own.

We all know SICP is recommended by experienced developers all over the internet as a mystical book that turns your mind inside out and makes you a better programmer and computer scientist after you work through it.

If you are someone from that gang, what did you learn from SICP that really caused this transformation? What did it do differently than other programming languages or CS books?

Have you had similar experiences with other books (Lisp based or not)?

What should the learning path be like? What Math, CS, hardware, etc topics should they learn eventually to understand programming in a manner an expert can?

If there are university courses that they should probably learn from point to them.

Is there a list of projects or the like that beginning programmers can build to get better at their favorite programming language?

Also if there are repos, tutorials, walkthroughs you want to mention?

Many people (or students) have self studied some topic or subject using resources found online or at a library. The resources include MOOCs, university courses, books, tutorial blogs, etc.

Some of the resources are so good that they bend your mind completely in a good way and you find out new avenues of thought and learning. You fall in love with a subject and pursue further.

I have two favourite courses for programming:

1. How to Code 1 and 2 by Gregor Kiczales on edX. They are based on the book How to Design Programs

2. Brown University's Acclerated Intro to CS course by one of the authors of HtDP: CS19. You can find it here: https://learnaifromscratch.github.io/software.

I have two favorite math books that have helped me understand more math:

1. Introduction to Logic by Alfred Tarski

2. Vector Calculus by Hubbard and Hubbard

What are yours?

Do goal setting and writing down plans really work in turning around one's life for the good?

Has it worked for you? How?

Share a line or two about why you enjoyed that particular book. If the lessons from that book were useful in your career or life later?

I am not implying that the change be as dramatic as the youtube videos make it to be. But did you turn around your down spiralling life with proper discipline and achieve your goals?

How was it?