I just want a little bit of a reality check. How many of you that are dismissing CS degrees or saying if you go to college don't study CS because you already kn

I just want a little bit of a reality check. How many of you that are dismissing CS degrees or saying if you go to college don't study CS because you already know it .... How many of you really know what you're talking about? I don't mean that in a derogatory, you may be the foremost experts on things for all I know. I just don't think either a) this phenomenon is that common or 2) it is a very deep knowledge, if it is common. I'm well aware there are expert CS people that don't have degrees. I know some myself. But I don't think it is as common as you all are saying. I've met plenty of undergrads, sophomores, etc that were self taught before college and think very much the same about their skills aa many here do and only takes a few classes for them, if they were honest with themselves, to disabuse them of this notion. I've also met a lot of self-taught people that are good at a couple things but lack a lot of fundamental understand, and many think they are great because they are whipping out PHP spaghetti farms like nobody's-- most are not like this though. I'm not sure following a YouTube tutorial on creating a Web blog engine in RoR is an epiphany that means "I'm self taught, I don't need no stinking college." While there are brilliant, intimidating self-taught computer scientists/programmers, I'd say there are a lot more that fancy themselves in this category but don't know a Lamport clock from loop unrolling. I have no idea about anyone's individual situation or knowledge level, I just think there is a lot being made this self-taught phenomenon than bore out by reality.