There are indeed. However, without courses to direct you to them, many self-taught programmers don't realize that they should be reading them, or watching the l

There are indeed. However, without courses to direct you to them, many self-taught programmers don't realize that they should be reading them, or watching the lectures. The problem isn't one of ability to learn. It's just that it's hard to figure out what you should be looking at. I am a partially self taught programmer. I did take several courses in university to get a minor in computer science. These clued me in to the holes in my education. Otherwise, I might have figured it out eventually, but it would have been harder.