Maybe I&#x27;m wrong - and I kind of hope I am, as there&#x27;s a noble motive behind this movement - but I always feel that people are focusing too much on IT and the stories of a guy who became a full-blown IT professional learning by himself, Google and open courseware.<p>I think this kind of approach to learning works for IT, because a) the logistics to learn it are easier to handle; but mostly because b) most IT jobs actually don&#x27;t require a degree - or &quot;degree-deserving&quot; knowlege; most programming is &quot;trade-school&quot;-like knowledge.