Oh, you're "self-taught"? *raises eyebrow skeptically* The internet trinity of knowledge silently judges your claim. Let's be honest—your "independent learning journey" was actually:
1. Copying Stack Overflow answers from Quora
2. Watching 47 YouTube tutorials at 2x speed
3. Frantically Googling error messages at 3AM
Nobody becomes a developer in a vacuum. Your real teachers were these three digital uncles giving you that knowing look. The only truly original code you wrote was probably "Hello World"—and even then, you probably checked the syntax twice.