My Journey to Web Dev

Howdy y'all! My name is Bill. I am a 46 year old former over-the-road trucker driver, having driven roughly 600,000+ miles from coast to coast. Of the lower 48 states, there are only two that I haven't traveled to; Washington state and Maine. I met my wife in December of 2003, when she worked as a cashier at a truck stops in Haubstadt, Indiana. We've been together ever since. We live in Texas with our Maltipoo, Noah, and our cat, Ninji. For several years I have been interested in learning to code, but never really had the opportunity until the past few months. A little over a month ago I began learning a few things here and few things there, to see if coding is something I wanted to dedicate time to. I watched YouTube videos to get an idea what coding is really like. Not only that, I've researched employment opportunities,  potential job market growth, pay scale etc, to see if the time dedicated was worth it in the long game. It certainly seems so! Not only am I new to ...