why does it amaze you? my experience of 'self taught' individuals in the general case is that they have a rich understanding of the subject by necessity. conve

why does it amaze you? my experience of 'self taught' individuals in the general case is that they have a rich understanding of the subject by necessity. conversely my experience of education is that it trains you to solve education style problems - which are essentially absent from the real world - where being able to invent and implement a slightly broken solution in an hour with 30 seconds notice is much more valuable than being able to solve a problem you know about far in advance and are given loads of information and guidance to help in preparation for it. on the other hand if i wanted someone to do research then a CS major might be a better choice. :)