what really helped me was renting out an asteroid at https://uberspace.de for cheap and learning how to deploy my favorite open source web apps on it. develop an understanding of how the internet works under the hood.
download visual studio code and code youself a basic website. spin up a nostr relay (strfry is good) and code your own plugins for it.
find some baby software developer friends to learn with too. or show your friends what you are learning. its a journey so push yourself to stick with it.