burnttoast300

They won't fund you unless you quit your job.

YC Partner: "I see you're working at X company, why aren't you full time on X startup? If we were to fund X startup and accept you into the batch, are you going to quit your job at X company?"

You would be shooting yourself in the foot in you stumbled over this question.

Speaking from personal experience here.

as far as interactive programs for beginners, any reqs?

very thought provoking.

For me my goal is to be able to build out MVPs of ideas that I have. My learning style isn't abstract -- I need to get in the weeds. Seems like the best approach may be to start with tutorials then move on to open source