Is self-education possible?

Question

C++ / C#

Are there any of you who learned c++ without the help of tutors and teachers? I'm currently learning C++ and it's quite difficult, there are rumors that without a mentor, learning just from books and YouTube videos is not realistic.

Answer 1

A recurring question.
A normal education will allow you to get basic skills as efficiently as possible, but self-education is necessary to deepen these skills.
If the university is bad (for example, CIS universities, except for a couple of top Moscow / St. Petersburg ones), then self-education is the only option for basic skills.
As for a personal mentor, it is extremely unprofitable economically. Courses are already profitable, but you need to find worthwhile ones.

Answer 2

I learned all languages ​​without any courses and teachers. The only way to learn a language is to write a real project in it. Find an open source project on github or come up with your own and write. Even if you don't complete it, learn the language.

Answer 3

Yes it is possible.
I studied C++ and software development in general on my own. The first plus book I had was this one: https://www.amazon.com/Professional-C-Nicholas-Sol... . Pretty good book, not only about the language, but about related fields like design, for example. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend it to beginners.
Well, to master software development on your own, you need strong motivation and a lot of time. YaP itself, by the way, is only a little. You need knowledge about design, PC architecture, algorithms and data structures, testing and debugging, recfatoring, and more. I have listed very little, but you will have to study all this on your own.