I'm not even sure where I fit in the programmer/hobby divide. You along with 3 other people I PM with, have fielded many of my questions beyond the cut/copy/paste method I begin learning with.

I know I have a large gap in my programming langue and computer science knowledge. And I know I enjoy the try-test-repeat of learning the way I do. I am learning through simulation. But I have learned much about langues and logic design by now. Because at some point I changed to wanting to know what things did and why they do, instead of what code snips achieve what effect.

A quote is most likely my best explanation.