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Thanks guys, didn't see all your replies appreciate it!

Keep in mind only half of the job or less is actually programming and knowledge based, sometimes we spend more time talking about something than actually working on it. A lot of companies (mine included) program mostly through mob programming as well, so it's more of a hivemind style of writing code instead of utilizing experts. Sometimes even business people partake in the mobbing sessions and being able to guide, teach, explain, and communicate effectively and pleasantly is more important than any technical ability. That was the big realization when I finally landed a job in IT. And it ended up being a lot less professional, organized and efficient than I thought. Also the best skill is learning how to learn in different ways, don't box yourself into a "I'm a more hands-on kind of learner" kind of mindset, resources for some things are extremely limited and confusing and you can't always set up a lab for everything. You need to have a good grasp of learning independently, being able to scout for your own resources, and learning in any form, whether it's lengthy reading, videos, labs, examples, man pages, demonstrations, esoteric scriptures, hand-written notes, dusty scrolls you find in the bathroom garbage etc.

Very nice!! Node.JS is one of the things my course has coming up soon actually! React, NPM, Express.JS is gonna be at the same time as Node, SQL and Mongo DB are a few others when I get into the back end section, Ahh Ill be honest the only reason I wanted Java was to make custom Minecraft plugins haha, A buddy of mine owns a server and I was looking to help him with some haha! I thought they used Java for the plugins :X The other languages I had interest in learning was C++ and C#, but I just want to get very comfortable with Javascript before I try to do that. Im hoping to land a better job as a back end programmer when Im done with this course, it teaches whats needed to be job ready. I dont have a great eye for design, so unless a company has a designer my front end skills end at the coding LOL. Ill check that out! I do want to learn Python, I know its very widely used in many aspects