I graduated with Math 11 in highschool and never pursued it again to any extent until I was out of programming the first time and about 3 years into my culinary

I graduated with Math 11 in highschool and never pursued it again to any extent until I was out of programming the first time and about 3 years into my culinary career. I decided to pick up calculus and linear algebra citing a lack of intellectual stimulation. I used the dummies books and augmented them with schaum's outlines (not easy studying). I got back into programming again, and although I didn't make it all the way through the first time, i've picked it up and have found the Demystifying series pretty good (better than the dummies books by a long shot in fact). These are also bolstered by other books I find that fell off the back of the internet truck. There's lots of great website for study notes and tutorials. One I like is Paul's Online Math Notes (http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/ http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/).