depends. You made it clear in the first few lie by saying 'mis-guide you', so won't say anything.
It is the FACT. I mean, learn basics from school/college, but after that it is up to us. Why would you depend on someone? I never said someone mis-guided me, in fact, I got lucky and my trainer was so good, and because of him, I am what I am now. But getting lucky is 1000:1 ratio.
We are not born-genius and it is not our fault. At every point of our life, we need teachers and it is what makes us literate. But what I see commonly these days is, young people with all the power they had with them(of course THE INTERNET is our power), they still expect someone to guide them, and afraid of making mistakes, in a field where making mistakes is very common. I have been working with fresh, bright minds out of college and still all they ask me is "Which book is best for so-and-so". Isn't this because of their spoon-feed way of learning.
So, no, it does not depends. Do you think all the inventors invent things because their trainer taught them? It is all about getting some idea, and how to learn. I am fed up listening to foreigners saying We dont want Indian developers. All I want is students from my country, should have self confident in them, explore, discuss on open-forums and mine information and be good(or in fact, decent) at whatever they are going to or planning to do. Is that so much to ask? And as an initiative, I encourage everyone I know who is in college now, write articles and discuss in forums and create awareness. Our next generation should not just be job-ready graduates, but rather invention-ready one.
P.S : I knew it is off-topic and I tend to keep it simple, but I simply cannot leave this hanging. So if you want to discuss more, open new thread.
I suggest you to learn programming by yourself using resources available from Internet and Books. Training institutes ,especially in India, are a waste of money and time.
