Self taught really should mean someone that has the initiative, drive, determination and passion for their particular project. I don&#x27;t think any self taught coder, starts off wanting to write code, they just need to move their particular project into code realm. My passion was stocks, when excel couldn&#x27;t handle my calculations, I had to teach myself code to handle the calculations. Being self taught allow me to think in non traditional ways, to solve code problems.<p>I also get a lot discrimination in the web development world, because I don&#x27;t have a CS degree. I was once told from an interview, &quot;We would like to hire Chad, he is well educated and smart, but we can&#x27;t cause he doesn&#x27;t have a CS degree.&quot; It wasn&#x27;t a requirement. Since then I embrace the fact that I&#x27;m self taught, some might see it as weakness, I see it as a strength.<p>Finally, I really like Jack Dorsey quote: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;jack-dorsey-on-programmers-2013-3" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;jack-dorsey-on-programmers-20...</a>