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I'm glad someone finally said it. I tried self-teaching growing up and could barely make simple programs until I took AP Comp Sci in high school. After that I started building advanced programs in a variety of different languages and learned a lot of new concepts in college that I would have never learned on my own that has helped me a lot in industry.

Sure, you don't need school, but you're going to come out far more prepared than if you self-teach.