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I think you absolutely can. I am actually paying off the debt I incurred while attending a four year college with development skills I have picked up from mostly online resources, some in person classes/lectures, and a handful of oreilly books. I am also working on a tool to help myself track my own learnings and am trying to think of ways to turn it into a roadmap other people can use which seems to be in the area of what you are referring too. I have a rough working version here http://courseslate.com .