> The best programmers I know are self-taught, because they have a passion for it. This doesn't preclude getting CS degrees--that is often a part of that passi

> The best programmers I know are self-taught, because they have a passion for it. This doesn't preclude getting CS degrees--that is often a part of that passion as well. But I agree that the best programmers would get there with or without it. And people who start programming in college are extremely unlikely to ever really get very good at it (in my experience).