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Starting an Education in IT?
AriaStar asks: "It's overwhelming to start trying to learn all the different technologies needed to go into programming. It seems that every type of technology assumes knowledge of a different one, which in turn requires knowledge of another, until it's gone full circle. I am interested in everything from Unix to AJAX to Perl. Things like HTML, Javascript, and SQL are like English, but then again, they're basic. Where is the best place to start? What is a good path for someone who learns quickly and easily, but who is simply too overwhelmed, to take?"
It is far, far too late for you. Get prepared for a mediocre middle-management IT job that barely relates to IT. Every successful bloke in the true IT community has already dedicated himself to his dream, his passions, and therefore creates his future path. If you've done nothing, no demos, no experiments, no anything... give it up to a life of mediocrity.. THere are far more well dedicated with the obsession for creativity and desire for knowledge that blokes who ask questions like yours never will understand.
Its been said before but I'll state the obvious again just for emphasis: YOU are the single greatest reason why your career hasn't worked out very well. Who do you think would hire you if you come into the interview thinking they are a "rat fuck liar cheat blow-dried phone-flipping asscrack"? Let me give you a hint: that attitude shows during an interview.