You should definitely use the buildbot (official daily builds) blender versions. Weather it’s 2.79 or 2.80, you get the latest and greatest!
If you’re coming from Maya, you should try my setup:
2.80
2.79
The 2.79 setup is more complete, but 2.80is getting there as well.
To help you get insight in different workflows, watch some of Wazou and MasterXeon vids. There’s a lot more notable artists that demo very good workflows, but those 2 are at the very top in my opinion. And they are both developers building their own tools. Definitely worth looking into!