Is it still possible to be "self-taught"?

Can you still become a self-taught programmer in 2021? In this video I explain what I think the chances are of becoming a professional dev by learning on your own.

P.S. Apologies in advance about the audio issues. Had some issues obviously but they are fixed in future videos! :-)

Survey links
* https://www.codingame.com/work/codingame-developer-survey-2021/
* https://research.hackerrank.com/developer-skills/2020
* https://research.hackerrank.com/developer-skills/2019
* https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020

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