*at work*

co-worker: what are u doing?

me: programming and learning

co-worker: but school has just started... u guys havent learnt anything yet

me: thats the great thing about programming, everything is already in the internet waiting to be read and learned. try it next time ;)

co-worker: learning out of school, no thanks

When I was in school I had this fellow classmate that would always ask why the teachers did not magically teach her everything she needed to know about development. I would constantly remind her that education, specially in computer science, is always in our own hands. She would say shit like "no, they are supposed to teach us that" to which I would always reply with things such as "they are teaching us what is required, its up to you to branch out and expand!". It always felt like going to music school. No one is going to get into Julliard without already having fundamental musical theory or skills with a particular instrument. Why would it be any different to us in engineering or computer science? I love people like you, taking your education and learning into your own hands, like a true champ.

"learning out of school, no thanks" == "my brain is so fucking tiny I can't handle more than the basic information I get daily"

Personally people I told that I followed online programming courses asked for the course itself so they can help me in my projects, cool stuff