Answer to Question #44422 in Programming & Computer Science for UnknownLife

Question

Hi,I wanna be a self taught programmer but somehow I lost my confidence few months ago and to be honest I know I can but the question is how I would earn?As I am from India and people over here tend to run for college after finishing school.But I don't want to waste my money and nor I have that much for those teachers who don't teach but only want to earn money.Especially over here the education is becoming a business.When I tell someone that I am learning by myself ,they give me a hell look and after their look it feels like I am a dumb idiot sitting at home because I am a failure.Today two of my classmates came to visit me and after they told me that they have joined a college ,I felt ashamed of myself and also felt bad for my parents that when anyone asks them that what their child is doing they cannot answer much.What should I do?I passed my school last year and don't want to waste more time.Please help me.

Answer 1

In any case, anything what you will know you will know only thanks to your own work. Today you can get a lot of high quality books about good programming style and modern programming languages like Python or .NET family. So, it is possible to be a self-taught programmer. Nevertheless you should understand, that a good programmer usually has a mathematical thinking and it is easier to take enough experience in math in college where you can meet with teachers and other students. For self-teaching only corresponding books like Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" and forums like stackoverflow.com are available.