[Karma_Sherab]

best hire I ever made

I've had to hire programmers for our development firm. The best ones turned out to be the self-taught ones.

[11th_VA]

The best ones turned out to be the self-taught ones.

Totally agree - that's why I got out of hiring. My company now requires new hires to have STEM degrees - about 50% of the hires I made, never would have been hired; Most didn't have STEM degrees but had great technical, self-taught skills.