Welcome to polycount! For learning 3dsmax the best help I've seen are the tutorials that are included (Main Menu > Help > Tutorials) and for more button/tool specific explanations the 3dsmax help file (F1) is really good. I know in other apps most of the tutorials and help files are garbage but they put a ton of work into…
welcome to Polycount! you might want to concentrate your efforts on one thing at a time, learning 3D basics first for example, and maybe programming later if you ever get to it, but theise are two different jobs all together. So if you are more of an artsy person, i would stick to 3D! ;) You will also want to look up the…
+1 for this. Also, you can subscribe to digital tutors who have really good focused training in practically all technical aspects of max, as well as the creative development series for improving your art.