I did learn how to program in middle school and high school in the 90s. And I know that several of my cohort also ended up working as programmers. On one hand

I did learn how to program in middle school and high school in the 90s. And I know that several of my cohort also ended up working as programmers. On one hand, a lot of what I learned there was self-guided. On the other hand, the core concepts of programming, as it's practiced by the folks I know (mostly procedural, object, and functional concepts and knowing how to CRUD data) haven't changed that much even in the 40 years since I first wrote "Hello World" on a commodore 64. The tools have certainly changed, but the music is the same. But then, maybe that isn't "the traditional classroom model" (though I think it probably could be) and additionally I may not be a "good" developer. :D