Why Learning in Classrooms is better than online resources. Part 2.

I was learning how to code on my own for a long time. I learned a lot. But I also developed some bad habits and realized about 6 months in that I hadn't met a single other programmer since starting to learn.

So I signed up for a developer bootcamp (Code Fellows in Seattle) because my aversion to traditional education was - I realized a bit late - the root cause of my aversion to the "classroom."

Since starting, I've at least doubled my knowledge and grown my network base by several orders of magnitude, and its only been 2 weeks.

It seems like I really wasted a bunch of time not meeting people and collaborating, and being in an environment where that is not only required but also easy is very enlightening.