Tom

what it’s actually like:

Yeah, self-study is one of the most important things while studying CS. Well, by self-study, I mean self-programming because that way you learn the most. I recommend thenewboston’s courses on youtube. They have a lot of languages!! Check out their “playlists” tab. The videos are short (under 10min) and explained so that everyone would understand. 

While watching the videos you won’t probably gain any theoretical knowledge so you’d have to download/buy some books for that. Anything is good tbh. I recommend: “Thinking in Java” (Java), “”Thinking in Cpp” (C++) or “Symphony in C++” (C++). I haven’t had any books for Python (and I regret that!!) so you’d have to research that. 

Check this post of mines out as well :) Lots of useful links.