nobody gets their start sitting at a computer with somebody else My experience tells me that when you are just a bit beyond hello-world, it's way better to sit

nobody gets their start sitting at a computer with somebody else My experience tells me that when you are just a bit beyond hello-world, it's way better to sit alone and maybe even disconnect from the Internet. I was starting with nothing more than a book on Delphi and the help system of Delphi, which included Win2k SDK, and feel that only by this way you could develop good debugging skills. I know some people who are learning software development, and the single skill they need badly is troubleshooting complex problems on their own and not relying on colleagues. edit: now I see that my point is about sitting together with someone more skilled, but you're talking about kids leaning together, which is totally different.