I used to be very biased against self-taught engineers until one passed our very difficult hiring gauntlet and turned out to be one of the best developers I've

I used to be very biased against self-taught engineers until one passed our very difficult hiring gauntlet and turned out to be one of the best developers I've ever worked with. Edit: I think my takeaway is to primarily judge people on demonstrated knowledge rather than declared knowledge. Edit 2: But having said that I still wouldn't draw attention to the self taught thing if I were you.