"encouraging kids to drop out of high school to study CS on their own is wrong. "
What about encouraging people to learn CS on their own, who have no way, to go to the university?
(lack of formal education, money, time ...)
And for those people usually what matters are not academic high valued software, but to make a living. And many people dream about making a living with IT, so they want to read such success stories, so thats why you see such success stories much more ..
What about encouraging people to learn CS on their own, who have no way, to go to the university?
(lack of formal education, money, time ...)
And for those people usually what matters are not academic high valued software, but to make a living. And many people dream about making a living with IT, so they want to read such success stories, so thats why you see such success stories much more ..