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title: "Comment by coldino on \"Why it is so hard to be self-taught\" | Hashnode"
description: "Couldn't agree more. Despite going to University, I consider myself entirely self-taught and I continue that way to this day. It's honestly scary to see"
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Comment [Why it is so hard to be self-taught](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-it-is-so-hard-to-be-self-taught/631dae02f73f4734bc056d01)

[coldino](https://hashnode.com/@coldino)

[Sep 11, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-it-is-so-hard-to-be-self-taught/631dae02f73f4734bc056d01/comment/631db71bf73f4734bc056ea7)

Couldn't agree more. Despite going to University, I consider myself entirely self-taught and I continue that way to this day. It's honestly scary to see how easy it would be for a new learner to be pulled down the wrong path by the inexperienced so-called experts offering cheap advice -- so much so, I wonder if that would have derailed my learning had I started today.

That said, I'm continually learning too. My approach is always to go direct to the source. Figure out what I want to learn and go directly there. Read the docs and look at the examples. Find small, focused tutorials when I know what I'm stuck on. Maybe this approach will work for others too, but everyone is different.