My father was also a builder of houses and while I didn't follow in those footsteps I could appreciate the kind of upbringing you had, especially as I had a similar one in the sense that I'm mostly self taught as well.
I think when one is self taught they tend to be much more passionate about what they do than when information is forced upon them. It tends to genuinely come from within which I think is pretty awesome.Hey there @d8niel77 welcome to steem! I enjoyed reading your story, sounds like you've had quite an interesting and fascinating life.
This crypto business is a new world indeed and it's a pretty exciting one I think. If I could give you advice about steem it would be to find some good communities to be a part of, I think they can help immensely! One you might wanna checkout is called @steemitbloggers and also I helped created one called the @ifc or Information Finding Championship which is sort of like the UFC except instead of people physically fighting they compete mentally to solve problems and bring back information on diverse subjects. I've had quite a few people tell me they really enjoy our game and our community has a lot of people who are very friendly and supportive and helpful.
After that I would suggest to socialize and leave comments on peoples pages and to check the #introduceyourself tag and talk to other new people and make some friends. :)
In addition to that just post good content that people like and grow a following over time. If you have any questions about anything feel free to ask and I'll do my best to try to help! I don't know everything by any means but I've been on here a few years and I think I can probably help and if I can't I can probably find someone who can.
Anyways.. Good luck on here! I hope you do well! Cheers. :D
thanks for the tips will be checking out those communities you recommend
You're welcome! I hope you find something you like or that resonates with you within either of those communities, and if they're not your cup of tea so to speak there's a lot of other interesting communities on steem. :) Just gotta look around a bit! Cheers!