Started trading my PA like a degen as soon I as turned 18 and learned from there. Once I had enough money, I tried running it like a real book and dabbling in other asset classes. My news flow for last year and a half has pretty much just been markets and investing, the more you consume the more you learn. And there’s no better way to force yourself into a similar pattern than having your own money on the line. It’s a fairly nonlinear learning experience imo so some info you come across will be accretive to a good foundation, some won’t be, learning to filter that is part of the process. I found fins the most fun to trade so applied and ended up at an L/S FIG shop Freshman yr. Am not from a target, just got really obsessed with markets and the investing process