While this is a very moving story and I hope the author finds a rewarding career in CS, one big problem I have with this is that there is going to come a point

While this is a very moving story and I hope the author finds a rewarding career in CS, one big problem I have with this is that there is going to come a point in time where she has to figure out a hard problem on her own. It might be in grad school, it might be on the job, or in an interview, or for a side project. But there is going to come a time when there's a very difficult problem to solve and there is nobody there to turn to for advice because you are doing something new. And if you haven't built up the resources to research the problem on your own and work it out, that might be a very difficult experience.