Hi,
I was trained as a software engineer but did not have a career as one. Ventured into CNC Precision Machining and out of job 2 months ago. Since I have some knowledge about software, I would like to learn something about bitcoin. Meanwhile just helping my ex colleague to market machinable glass ceramic, as this type of material is too unique and I end up having too much time. Learning something new is important.
I would like to learn and may be set up my miner as well.
Please do help to point me where to start.
You need to specify that what particular field you are interested in bitcoin learning like mining or technical skills or try both at your end? See if you want to be technically sound about bitcoin then read lot of posts on the forum and books like Mastering Bitcoin which will give you idea about nodes,UTXO set, Locking and Unlocking script and how address are generated from Public key and Private keys etc. You are software engineer and you might feel easy to understand technical terms and coding used in bitcoin designing but you need to understand them at deep point and then you will have enough knowledge of it's working.But for mining you need ASIC machines and lot of setup and electricity usage for which you can watch videos over youtube and check whether it's profitable or not.Trading is simple but always remember to have hardware wallet like Trezor and Ledger Nano to save you from any hack of funds on exchanges and hot wallets and backup your seed phrases and keys.Rest you will learn when you start as it's a deep pool of knowledge.