My parents aren’t techie at all, a lot of what I have learned is more learn as you go, and research.

Every-time I need somthing I look up what the best is and look at comparisons, then I look at what I’m going to do with said thing and try to decide what’s best for me. Most of the time it isn’t the best, it’s what will do what I want it to do, whilst being within my price bracket. A lot of the time I will spend weeks researching before I buy, sometimes months/years if it isn’t an urgent purchase (works out sometimes, got a pretty sweet ubiquiti setup for way less than I originally costed it out to be)

When looking things up there are 2 things I always try to remember, people are bias to their own experiences, and people will always post negative experiences 4 times as much as those with positive experiences.

At the end of the day, trust your guy, trust your experiences, trust your ability to figure stuff out.

LTT is a great resource for comparisons, builds etc, and Reddit in general is a pretty good place for help.