>I find that anything that intrigues you, can be self
  >taught and learned through enjoying your curiosity.

I sometimes wonder if that's a reversal of cause and effect. I've known many autodidacts, myself included, who've become interested in a topic and quickly hit a wall. The difficulty causes frustration and the autodidact loses interest and moves on to a new, easier subject. That there are so many self-taught learners in technology might not be an indication of our brilliance or natural inclination, but just this subject being the low hanging fruit we all grab onto.