That's pretty much the plot of Transcendence (2014), which is probably not too realistic.

But, in general, if someone thought like how a locked hacker would think, priority one would be a "base of operations". A host where you have shell access that lasts, and a backup one. Then you move on to finding a job or a way to make money and building your own base of operations, which is pretty much the same thing, except you pay for it, hence the money, an identity (well obviously preferably at least TWO identities), ...