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Self taught or by the book: Who generally is a better programmer?   [Edit]

Survey period: 31 Mar 2008 to 7 Apr 2008

A self-taught programmer may say they have more insight by solving problems the hard way, while a formally trained dev may counter that there's the hard way and there's the correct way. What's your call?

OptionVotes% 
Self taught programmers generally make better developers38416.52
Formally taught programmers generally make better developers1596.84
A self taught programmer with an equal amount of formal training makes the best programmer1,14749.33
It depends / I don't know / It's not black and white63527.31



 
GeneralRe: Formal training and enough self-motivation to teach oneself something... Pin
SimonRigby31-Mar-08 3:07
SimonRigby31-Mar-08 3:07 

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