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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:10 PM Original message |
How Many DUers Consider Themselves to be Autodidacts? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Cool. That sounds about right. I taught myself to program, |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Did the same thing for the same reason |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I found that my interest in language and linguistics made |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. +1. It's the same way I ended up with Bender (the computer I am posting with) |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. I also taught myself to weave then knit and then spin out of books |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
78. Taught myself Spanish well enough to challenge into 3rd semester |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am interested in everything, but I don't obsess over any one topic. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Another interesting approach. I understand what you're talking |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. When I was in the the Peace Corps, I taught myself calculus. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I've not had a lot of luck teaching myself math. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. I taught myself web development, 3D CGI and music production |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. There you go... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Unfortunately I can't find a job in two of those fields.. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yeah. I closed down my software company in 1999. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does HTML and CSS count? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yeah, that's the kind of thing I mean. But, I imagine you didn't |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Twice that I think qualify, I taught myself Spanish from books and tapes, and learned how to build.. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Perfect. You taught yourself because you wanted to learn |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, I hope I'm autodidact |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks. I appreciate your posting. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think I am |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Cool. I taught myself Oboe, although I had played clarinet before. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I played trumpet in school band for a few years |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'll bet. I never really tried a stringed instrument at all. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
66. In some ways they are easier to play |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Sounds like you and I are on the same track |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. I haven't used Sonar |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I taught myself Photoshop and got pretty good for a non-professional. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Good example. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. I do that all the time, but then I'm a Sagittarius and that's what we do. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Sounds familiar... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Ditto. Except a few things I circle back to |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. I taught myself photography, photoshop and art. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Nice site. Nice work! |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thank you, MineralMan. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. From one artist to another, that's great work! |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Thanks, lunatica. I read upthread that you are into |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
76. I'm an artist also, but it didn't occur to me to say I taught myself since |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. I've designed and built/retrofitted my own CNC machines.. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. That's really interesting. I had a neighbor in California who |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. I actually started off in computerized controls with telescopes.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. When I was in grade school, I used to play hooky |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. That sounds familiar, too. LOL! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I think in my case, having to learn English on my own at about 4 |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. I just don't consider this an either/or question. Self-teaching and group learning both have... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I don't consider it that, either. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
59. I agree. Synergy is magical when it works. |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. I am a self taught master glass mosaic artist. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Nice! The arts were never my thing, and I have always envied |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. When I was young |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I'm sure you'll do fine learning Spanish! |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
70. Spanish Subtitles |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:04 AM Response to Reply #70 |
77. thanks for the tip |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. Not sure how useful my knowledge is... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. I know a lot about birds |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. Taught myself sex, still can't get a job in porn industry |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. keep practicing! (hopefully with others) (and find a good camera-person!) /nt |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. Both hands north of the equator at all times |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
49. I've taught myself ceramics..enough to teach others, |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. You could be my sister! She taught herself to do most of that (and has a ceramic shop, too!) |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
51. I taught myself copy editing using various style guides; |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. it's great to hear people's stories. That's why I started the thread. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Yes, I too taught myself copy editing. |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. PC assembly and repair, I suppose |
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KarenS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. I think I am. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. I taught myself photography. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. my crappy corrals and interest in animal behavior led me to work out |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. CAD CAM |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. my husband does that. nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
65. I have taught myself |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
68. Linguistics. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
69. Japanese |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Actually, the Japanese "R" is confusing |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
71. I taught myself how to repair and build computers |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. I taught myself biochemistry. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:46 PM Original message |
dupe |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
73. I'll get into something and obsess over it until I get a handle |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
75. well, I didn't learn the word "autodidact" in school, so I guess I would say I'm one |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
79. Sure - I went to a very small school and refused to take typing class |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
80. I have learned a few things independently, but |
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Katashi_itto (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
81. Lets see have 4 degrees, One in Respiratory Therapy, Computer animation, |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
82. That's probably illegal in some states. nt |
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