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Can you share how long you have been a programmer? Also can you give pointers like books or courses (coursera) for studying formal programming language theory?

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Hmm, I started programming around 1991, but didn't take it seriously until around 1997.

I haven't gone through this class, but it appears to cover the basics of programming language topics: https://www.udacity.com/course/cs262

And I like this book: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/essentials-programming-languag...

You can get much, much deeper into this topic, but skimming the surface a bit was really all I was suggesting, unless you have interest in programming language design in particular.

Thanks for the links. Is "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" from MIT press similar to essentials programming language?

There is some overlap. EOPL naturally focuses on, and goes deeper into, programming language design topics, but SICP covers it some as well. Chapter 4, especially:

http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-25.html...

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