I wouldn't call them autodidacts, they just lack a traditional education. Most, if not all of them, trained with worldclass mentors. It's a bit like if someone

I wouldn't call them autodidacts, they just lack a traditional education. Most, if not all of them, trained with worldclass mentors. It's a bit like if someone that had the privilege to divide his desk with several of the best programmers in the world calling himself an autodidact.