I’m a complete self taught programmer. I guess it took longer for me to reach specific knowledge as others but I’m a passionate programmer. I read tons of books

I’m a complete self taught programmer. I guess it took longer for me to reach specific knowledge as others but I’m a passionate programmer. I read tons of books, read a lot of articles and opinion pieces of how to do x (not that I follow them blindly) and most important I read and write a lot of code. Granted not everyone does that and my motivation was never just to get a job. The second part which I don’t really concur with are the soft skills parts being taught during a CS degree. I happen to know plenty of new programmers who constantly overcommit and or get fed up with small details. I think that these skills can only be acquired at work with the help of good instructors.