I have a quite “conventional” career path (graduation from a well-known school, then working in a big company, etc) but had chances to work with people from diverse backgrounds. One common thing I notice about self-taught developers is they are very modest and able to appreciate any new knowledge, be it new framework, new language or just a new IDE trick. Contrast that with some of my classmates who sometimes are too proud of themselves and underestimate the importance of hardworking and some seemingly manual technics.
However too much modesty can sometimes lead to being not confident enough that unfortunately is important when working in a big company.
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I have a quite “conventional” career path (graduation from a well-known school, then working in a big company, etc) but had chances to work with people from diverse backgrounds. One common thing I notice about self-taught developers is they are very modest and able to appreciate any new knowledge, be it new framework, new language or just a new IDE trick. Contrast that with some of my classmates who sometimes are too proud of themselves and underestimate the importance of hardworking and some seemingly manual technics.
However too much modesty can sometimes lead to being not confident enough that unfortunately is important when working in a big company.