Not at all. I started teaching myself at age 7 (in 1983). By the time we had any kind of programming lessons in school (probably about 8 years later) - my skills were already better than the teacher's, and I was correcting his mistakes.
The problem with lessons is that the teachers (and the course material) very often are not particularly good. A decent reference book, and a curious mind will often get you MUCH further, faster.
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Not at all. I started teaching myself at age 7 (in 1983). By the time we had any kind of programming lessons in school (probably about 8 years later) - my skills were already better than the teacher's, and I was correcting his mistakes.
The problem with lessons is that the teachers (and the course material) very often are not particularly good. A decent reference book, and a curious mind will often get you MUCH further, faster.