Perhaps the best way forward would not be to read the books, but to get a job in a programming position, or as a math's lecturer, or go to university or college and do the learning there. In the UK you can go to university and 2/3 of what you need to pay will be sorted by the government, you could easily do some of what you want to do there, and the extra third would be covered by a part time job, preferably getting experience in what you want to do. Taking two years out of your life, doesn't sound like a great idea, but if you still want to china and thailand are both cheap places to live.
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