@jams: Guess what... I started the exact same way as you do and ended up doing that for a living. Don't focus on the language; don't let people tell you that standards and security go first because it will push you towards a language/framework that is harder to understand and you will likely give up. Security and standards will come with time... Be patient and you will get there.
I started doing stuff with HTML/CSS, I did a bunch of prototype by taking snippets of code online and modified it. Then after 6-7 prototypes I started my own HTML/CSS stuff; I eventually got good at it and I needed a next step so I went to web programming and PHP worked for me... I wasn't smart enough to go C, C++ or Java so PHP was a fit.
I went to CS school and nothing I learned there was useful today; I learned everything all by myself with patience so you can do it.
It doesn't matter how, just do it, make it work, learn from it, make it work, learn from it, improve it and so on.
Remember, think small and go big; don't think big to go big you will give up.
It's worth it, go do it!
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