How to be a professional programmer?

Question

in india how would we set our skill in programing field on c, c++ ,php and MySQL also (html, js)

Answer 1

best way to learn is to write code you can answer all the multiple choice questions you want but to truly understand it you must write your own code

Answer 2

learn those languages and then get paid to program ?

Answer 3

we know that lean it but which is the best way to learn or understand better or expert code in programing. like solo learn and other.