Python, foreign language, physics? I've got all three self taught! I agree with you. Investing hundreds or thousands of hours of your own time into the slog of

Python, foreign language, physics? I've got all three self taught! I agree with you. Investing hundreds or thousands of hours of your own time into the slog of theoretical learning is statistically pretty rare. Most of the counterexamples come from people who found a way to finesse their own neural latticework into ardor for the subject, even though to the rest of mankind it's about as interesting as watching paint dry. It's very rare to meet someone who became a self made master of something they only did for the money, etc.