>_<self taught
I hate that phrase.
We are not "self-taught".
We all stand on the shoulders of giants.
We may be "self-directed".
Beyond that, grumpy is right; you'll never get anywhere if you rely solely on a teacher to direct your studies.
The man himself, Bjarne Stroustrup, was corrected in a mailing list here a few months back.I've yet to succeed in fully learning C++.
C++ is a not a language that is ever "fully learned".
Honestly though, despite saying "I know $(Language)." for the sake of simplicity, I'm convinced that any such language as to be "fully learned" exists. Well, at least one that is still actively used in the great elsewhere.
Soma