Has anyone self taught themselves a subject

toocoolforyou
Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:50:37 +0000

Hm, yes. There are many credible and helpful online resources with which you can enhance your understanding of a particular subject. It all boils down to a person’s dedication/passion for the subject and the way in which he/she searches for relevant information. Some subjects may be harder than others but they are still completely learnable. Most of the time in college, you’re learning from a textbook, anyway. If you’re willing to put down some money, then you could simply save up for textbooks, and you’ll be able to learn to the same extent - more or less.

Speaking from my experiences, I taught myself some basic CS, so I could place out of intro classes. Because I have the opportunity to pursue it at uni, I don’t feel as much of a need to learn it all by myself. I’m not as self-driven and I need deadlines, if I even want to start on something.

Another subject is math. My mom forced me to do 7th grade math problems when I was in 4th-5th grade. Consequently, I’m more advanced in math than in other subjects. I would remember taking hard math classes and scoring fairly well on the math portion of standardized tests. If I continued to study math on my own, I could, again, see myself without a uni education.

It’s very possible. You have to apply all that knowledge in some way if you want to make something out of it in the workplace.Unfortunately, employers are too hesitant to hire people without education unless they have other means of knowing your expertise in the field.