Self taught Dev is not a flex

Self-taught developers aren’t real. Stay with me now.... It's a term that shouldn't really exsist because.... Even the CS grad from MIT. Even the bootcamp alum. Even the engineer with 10 years at Google. They all are self taught.... Sure, some people had structured education. Some had professors. Some were lucky enough to learn from legends like David J. Malan But let’s be honest… Nobody spoon-feeds you how to debug a production issue at 2AM. Nobody forces you to read documentation. (you'll learn) Nobody can teach you how to think through edge cases under pressure. They can try but replicating the real life pressure is just not realistic... At some point, it’s just: • You • The docs • Stack Overflow • YouTube • And now… ChatGPT And your ability to sit there and figure it out. The real difference isn’t “degree vs self-taught”. It’s: Are you resourceful? Can you teach yourself what you don’t know? Can you stay when it gets frustrating instead of quitting? That’s the actual skill. In tech